Genetic composition of a Brazilian population: The footprint of the Gold Cycle

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 5124-5133

  Queiroz, E M ^a   Santos, A M ^a   Castro, I M ^a   Machado Coelho, G L L ^a   Candido A P C ^b   Leite, T M ^c   Pereira, R W ^c   Freitas, R N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancestry informative markers; Brazilian population; Genetic ancestry; Skin color

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY INFORMATIVE MARKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER; ALLELE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC MARKER;

ALLELES; BRAZIL; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84887394699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.October.29.6     Document Type: Article

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