Natural selection and demographic transition in a Zapotec-speaking genetic isolate in the Valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-49

  Little, Bertis B ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a,b   Reyes, Maria Eugenia Peña ^c  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthropological populations; Demographic transition; Fertility; Mortality; Natural selection; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANTHROPOLOGY; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; GENETIC ISOLATION; GROWTH; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; SECULAR VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION GROUPS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

EID: 39349092738     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701769808     Document Type: Article

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