Article
Y chromosome diversity in Brazilians: switching perspectives from slow to fast evolving markers.
Genetica - 1 Jan 2006
Carvalho-Silva Denise R, Tarazona-Santos Eduardo, Rocha Jorge, Pena Sérgio D J, Santos Fabrício R
Abstract excerpt
We have previously shown that the Y chromosomes of 'white' Brazilians have their immediate geographical origin in Europe, with low frequency of sub-Saharan African chromosomes and virtual absence of Amerindian contribution. The typing of slow evolving polymorphisms on the Y chromosome also revealed no differences between Brazilians and Portuguese, the bulk of European immigrants to Brazil, and even among...
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