Substantial Native American female contribution to the population of Tacuarembó, Uruguay, reveals past episodes of sex-biased gene flow

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-297

  Bonilla, Carolina ^a   Bertoni, Bernardo ^b   González, Susano ^c   Cardoso, Horacio ^c   Brum Zorrilla, Nadir ^c   Sans, Mónica ^d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLESIOMORPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URUGUAY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URUGUAY;

EID: 2342560984     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20025     Document Type: Article

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