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Mitochondrial DNA and Alu insertions in a genetically peculiar population: the Ayoreo Indians of Bolivia and Paraguay.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Dornelles C L, Battilana J, Fagundes N J R, Freitas L B, Bonatto S L, Salzano F M
Abstract excerpt
A total of 91 Ayoreo individuals previously studied for blood groups and protein markers, living in two Bolivian and one Paraguayan communities, were extensively investigated in relation to the hypervariable 1 segment of the control and eight coding regions of their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). They show an extremely reduced mtDNA variability, the observed haplotypes being classifiable in just two haplogroups (C...
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