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Mitochondrial DNA diversity in a population from Santa Catarina (Brazil): predominance of the European input.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jul 2010
Palencia Leire, Valverde Laura, Alvarez Alejandra, Cainé Laura M, Cardoso Sergio, Alfonso-Sánchez Miguel A, Pinheiro M Fátima, de Pancorbo Marian M
Abstract excerpt
The state of Santa Catarina (Brazil) is known to have represented a cultural crossroads in South America due to several historic migrations mainly from Europe and Africa. We set out to scrutinize whether the genetic imprint of these migrations could be traced through analysis of the matrilineal gene pool of the Catarinenses. The entire control region of the mitochondrial DNA was studied in 80 healthy and...
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