Sex-specific genetic admixture of Mestizos, Amerindian Kichwas, and Afro-Ecuadorans from Ecuador

Human Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-77

  González Andrade, Fabricio ^a   Sánchez, Dora ^a   González Solórzano, Jorge ^a   Gascón, Santiago ^b   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^b  

^a HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afro Ecuadorans; Ecuador; Genetic admixture; Kichwas; Mestizos; Y chromosome STRs

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRO ECUADORAN RACE; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; ECUADOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; MESTIZO; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RACE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPAIN; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 35548937861     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0024     Document Type: Article

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