Article
Studies of three Amerindian populations using nuclear DNA polymorphisms.
Human biology - 1 Dec 1991
Kidd J R, Black F L, Weiss K M, Balazs I, Kidd K K
Abstract excerpt
Three Amerindian populations, two from Rondônia, Brazil (Karitiana and Rondônia Suruí), and one from Campeche, Mexico (Mayan), were typed for up to 30 nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). Heterozygosities, both observed and expected, were compared with those of Europeans. Average heterozygosity is reduced among these Amerindians (relative to that of Europeans) by 7.0% (Mayan) to 27.1%...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.