Article
Revisiting the genetic ancestry of Brazilians using autosomal AIM-Indels.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Saloum de Neves Manta Fernanda, Pereira Rui, Vianna Romulo, Rodolfo Beuttenmüller de Araújo Alfredo, Leite Góes Gitaí Daniel, Aparecida da Silva Dayse, de Vargas Wolfgramm Eldamária, da Mota Pontes Isabel, Ivan Aguiar José, Ozório Moraes Milton, Fagundes de Carvalho Elizeu, Gusmão Leonor
Abstract excerpt
There are many different studies that contribute to the global picture of the ethnic heterogeneity in Brazilian populations. These studies use different types of genetic markers and are focused on the comparison of populations at different levels. In some of them, each geographical region is treated as a single homogeneous population, whereas other studies create different subdivisions: political (e.g., pooling...
Topics
- Brazil
- Ethnicity
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Humans
- Racial Groups