DNA tests probe the genomic ancestry of Brazilians

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 870-876

  Pena, S D J ^a,b   Bastos Rodrigues, L ^b   Pimenta, J R ^a   Bydlowski, S P ^c  

^a GENE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Brazilians; DNA tests; Human diversity; Insertion deletion polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BRAZIL; DNA PROBE; DNA SCREENING; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 71049190118     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009005000026     Document Type: Review

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