Interethnic admixture and the evolution of Latin American populations

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 151-170

  Salzano, Francisco Mauro ^a   Sans, Mónica ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Interethnic admixture; Latin America; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ADMIXTURE MAPPING; AFRICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; CUBA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; GENE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERETHNIC ADMIXTURE; JAMAICA; LATIN AMERICAN; MEXICO; MICROCOSM; NICARAGUA; PERU; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 84901654836     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572014000200003     Document Type: Review

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