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Reconstructing history: the Amazonian Mura Indians.
Human biology - 1 Oct 1990
Salzano F M, Callegari-Jacques S M, Mestriner M A, Weimer T A, Franco M H, Schüler L, Harada M L, Schneider H, Hutz M H, Freitas M J
Abstract excerpt
We studied demographic characteristics of two Mura Indian villages. Two-hundred six inhabitants of these villages and another population were tested in relation to 30 blood and 4 saliva genetic systems. These groups exhibit high mobility and exogamy rates and high fertility but relatively low mortality and variance in number of children per woman. Hb J Oxford and albumin Maku were observed, and they show high...
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