Admixture estimates for Caracas, Venezuela, based on autosomal, Y-chromosome, and mtDNA markers

Human Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-213

  Martínez, Helios ^a   Rodríguez Larralde, Alvaro ^a   Izaguirre, Mary Helen ^a   De Guerra, Dinorah Castro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

92R7; ABO; Admixture; DYS199; DYS271; DYS287; F13A01; FES FPS; Gene frequencies; Genetic distance; mtDNA; RH; STRS; SY81; Venezuela; VWA; Y chromosome markers; YAP

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME MARKER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VENEZUELA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 35448979216     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0032     Document Type: Article

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