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Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican demography approximates the present-day ancestry of Mestizos throughout the territory of Mexico.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 2009
Rubi-Castellanos Rodrigo, Martínez-Cortés Gabriela, Muñoz-Valle José Francisco, González-Martín Antonio, Cerda-Flores Ricardo M, Anaya-Palafox Manuel, Rangel-Villalobos Héctor
Abstract excerpt
Over the last 500 years, admixture among Amerindians, Europeans, and Africans, principally, has come to shape the present-day gene pool of Mexicans, particularly Mestizos, who represent about 93% of the total Mexican population. In this work, we analyze the genetic data of 13 combined DNA index system-short tandem repeats (CODIS-STRs) in 1,984 unrelated Mestizos representing 10 population samples from different...
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