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Y-chromosomal evidence for a founder effect in Mbyá-guaraní Amerindians from northeast Argentina.
Human biology - 1 Oct 2006
Altuna M Eugenia, Modesti Nidia M, Demarchi Darío A
Abstract excerpt
To assess the paternal history of the Mbyá-Guaraní Amerindians of northeast Argentina, we examined the genetic variation in seven Y-chromosome loci: the binary marker M3 at locus DYS199, and six short tandem repeats (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, and DYS393). The most striking finding is the high frequency among the Mbyá-Guaraní of Q3 lineages with the usually rare alleles DYS391*11 and DYS393*11,...
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