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Heterogeneity of the genome ancestry of individuals classified as White in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Marrero Andrea Rita, Das Neves Leite Fábio Pereira, De Almeida Carvalho Bianca, Peres Leandro Martins, Kommers Trícia Cristine, Da Cruz Ivana Mânica, Salzano Francisco Mauro, Ruiz-Linares Andres, Da Silva Júnior Wilson Araújo, Bortolini Maria Cátira
Abstract excerpt
One hundred nineteen individuals classified as White, living in different localities of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, were studied in relation to the HVS-I region of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The male fraction of the sample (N = 74) was also tested for seven Y-chromosome polymorphisms. In a specific population (Veranópolis), a city characterized by a large influence of the Italian immigration of...
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