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The mtDNA ancestry of admixed Colombian populations.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Salas A, Acosta A, Alvarez-Iglesias V, Cerezo M, Phillips C, Lareu M V, Carracedo A
Abstract excerpt
A total of 185 individuals from Colombia were sequenced for the first hypervariable region (HVS-I) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome, and a subset of these individuals were additionally genotyped for the second hypervariable segment (HVS-II). These individuals were collected according to their "self-reported ethnicity" in Colombia, comprising "Mestizos," "Mulatos," and "Afro-Colombians." We used databases...
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