Geographic structure in Gran Chaco Amerindians based on five X-chromosome STRs

Human Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-474

  Catanesi, Cecilia I ^a   Martina, Pablo F ^a   Giovambattista, Guillermo ^b   Zukas, Pedro ^c   Vidal Rioja, Lidia ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amerindian populations; Argentina; Ayoreo; Chorote; DXS101; DXS7423; DXS8378; DXS9898; Gran Chaco; HPRTB; Lengua; Mocov ; Paraguay; Wich ; X chromosome STRS

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTH AMERICA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 36348960806     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0049     Document Type: Article

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