Social class, admixture, and skin color variation in Mexican‐Americans and Anglo‐Americans living in San Antonio, Texas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 97-102

  Relethford, John H ^a   Stern, Michael P ^b   Gaskill, Sharon P ^b   Hazuda, Helen P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; Mexican Americans; Population structure; Skin color; Social class; Texas

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAUCASOID RACE; COLOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGE; RACIAL STOCKS; SKIN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEXAS;

EID: 0020957568     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330610110     Document Type: Article

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