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Analysis of genetic ancestry in the admixed Brazilian population from Rio de Janeiro using 46 autosomal ancestry-informative indel markers.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2013
Manta Fernanda Saloum Neves, Pereira Rui, Caiafa Alexandre, Silva Dayse Aparecida, Gusmão Leonor, Carvalho Elizeu Fagundes
Abstract excerpt
The Brazilian population is highly heterogeneous as a result of five centuries of inter-ethnic mating between native Amerindians, European colonizers and Africans arrived during slavery. This study aimed to assess the proportions of inter-ethnic admixture in the Brazilian population of Rio de Janeiro using autosomal Ancestry-Informative Markers (AIMs). The autosomal data were also compared to the results expected...
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