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Genomic ancestry in urban Afro-Brazilians.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Muniz Yara Costa Netto, Ferreira Luzitano Brandão, Mendes-Junior Celso Teixeira, Wiezel Cláudia Emília Vieira, Simões Aguinaldo Luiz
Abstract excerpt
Brazil is the result of interethnic crosses of European, African and Amerindian populations. Allelic frequencies for seven STR loci (TH01, TPOx, CSF1PO, vWA, FES/FPS, F13A1 and CD4), obtained from a sample of 70 individuals identified as Afro-Brazilian and 150 as mulatto, are presented here. Based on the frequencies of these genetic markers, estimates of interethnic admixture showed 62%, 26% and 12% of European,...
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