Article
Mitochondrial DNA diversity of the Amerindian populations living in the Andean Piedmont of Bolivia: Chimane, Moseten, Aymara and Quechua.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Corella Alfons, Bert Francesc, Pérez-Pérez Alejandro, Gené Manel, Turbón Daniel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chimane, Moseten Aymara and Quechua are Amerindian populations living in the Bolivian Piedmont, a characteristic ecoregion between the eastern slope of the Andean mountains and the Amazonian Llanos de Moxos. In both neighbouring areas, dense and complex societies have developed over the centuries. The Piedmont area is especially interesting from a human peopling perspective since there is no clear...
Topics
- Bolivia
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Hair
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Phylogeny
- Principal Component Analysis
- Sequence Analysis, DNA