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Migration in Afro-Brazilian rural communities: crossing demographic and genetic data.
Human biology - 1 Aug 2011
Amorim Carlos Eduardo G, Gontijo Carolina C, Falcão-Alencar Gabriel, Godinho Neide M O, Toledo Rafaela C P, Pedrosa Maria Angélica F, Luizon Marcelo R, Simões Aguinaldo L, Klautau-Guimãres Maria N, Oliveira Silviene F
Abstract excerpt
Many studies have used genetic markers to understand global migration patterns of our species. However, there are only few studies of human migration on a local scale. We, therefore, researched migration dynamics in three Afro-Brazilian rural communities, using demographic data and ten Ancestry Informative Markers. In addition to the description of migration and marriage structures, we carried out genetic...
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