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Paternal and maternal lineages in Guinea-Bissau population.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Mar 2011
Carvalho M, Brito P, Bento A M, Gomes V, Antunes H, Costa H Afonso, Lopes V, Serra A, Balsa F, Andrade L, Anjos M J, Corte-Real F, Gusmão L
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present work was to study the origin of paternal and maternal lineages in Guinea-Bissau population, inferred by phylogeographic analyses of mtDNA and Y chromosome defined haplogroups. To determine the male lineages present in Guinea-Bissau, 33 unrelated males were typed using a PCR-SNaPshot multiplex based method including 24 Y-SNPs, which characterize the main haplogroups in sub-Saharan Africa and...
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