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Evaluating the X chromosome-specific diversity of Colombian populations using insertion/deletion polymorphisms.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Ibarra Adriana, Restrepo Tomás, Rojas Winston, Castillo Adriana, Amorim António, Martínez Beatriz, Burgos German, Ostos Henry, Álvarez Karen, Camacho Mauricio, Suarez Zuleyma, Pereira Rui, Gusmão Leonor
Abstract excerpt
The European and African contribution to the pre-existing Native American background has influenced the complex genetic pool of Colombia. Because colonisation was not homogeneous in this country, current populations are, therefore, expected to have different proportions of Native American, European and African ancestral contributions. The aim of this work was to examine 11 urban admixed populations and a Native...
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