Color, race, and genomic ancestry in Brazil: Dialogues between anthropology and genetics

Current Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-819

  Santos, Ricardo Ventura ^a   Fry, Peter H ^a   Monteiro, Simone ^b   Maio, Marcos Chor ^b   Rodrigues, José Carlos ^c   Bastos Rodrigues, Luciana ^d   Pena, Sérgio D J ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349107794     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644532     Document Type: Article

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