Genetic analysis of six communities of Mbyá-Guaraní inhabiting Northeastern Argentina by means of nuclear and mitochondrial polymorphic markers

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-456

  Sala, Andrea ^a   Argüelles, Carina F ^b   Marino, Miguel E ^c   Bobillo, Cecilia ^a   Fenocchio, Alberto ^b   Corach, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autosomal STRs; Mby Guaran ; mtDNA; Native South Amerindian; Y chromosome STRs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957860620     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0406     Document Type: Article

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