Comparison of allele frequencies of eight STR loci from Argentinian Amerindian and European populations

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 937-947

  Sala, Andrea ^a   Penacino, Gustavo ^a   Corach, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Buenos Aires metropolitan population; Mapuche; Short tandem repeats; Tehuelche; Wichi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191839     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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