Population structure and admixture in Cerro Largo, Uruguay, based on blood markers and mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-524

  Sans, Mónica ^a   Merriwether, D Andrew ^b   Hidalgo, Pedro C ^c   Bentancor, Nilo ^c   Weimer, Tania A ^d   Franco, Maria Helena L P ^e   Alvarez, Inés ^c   Kemp, Brian M ^f   Salzano, Francisco M ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; URUGUAY; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URUGUAY;

EID: 33746152459     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20520     Document Type: Article

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