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Strong Amerind/white sex bias and a possible Sephardic contribution among the founders of a population in northwest Colombia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2000
Carvajal-Carmona L G, Soto I D, Pineda N, Ortíz-Barrientos D, Duque C, Ospina-Duque J, McCarthy M, Montoya P, Alvarez V M, Bedoya G, Ruiz-Linares A
Abstract excerpt
Historical and genetic evidences suggest that the recently founded population of Antioquia (Colombia) is potentially useful for the genetic mapping of complex traits. This population was established in the 16th-17th centuries through the admixture of Amerinds, Europeans, and Africans and grew in relative isolation until the late 19th century. To examine the origin of the founders of Antioquia, we typed 11 markers...
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