Genetic polymorphisms and ethnic admixture in African-derived black communities of northeastern Brazil

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-85

  Arpini Sampaio, Z ^a   Costa, M C B ^b   Melo, A A ^b   Carvalho, M F V A ^b   Deus, M S M ^b   Simoes A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACPI; Brazilian blacks; CA2; ESD; GC; Genetic distance; Genetic polymorphism; GLO1; HBB; HP; Isolated populations; PGMI; Racial admixture; Short tandem repeats; VWF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033083312     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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