Article
[Gene geography of Chile: regional distribution of American, European and African genetic contributions].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Mar 2014
Fuentes Macarena, Pulgar Iván, Gallo Carla, Bortolini María-Cátira, Canizales-Quinteros Samuel, Bedoya Gabriel, González-José Rolando, Ruiz-Linares Andrés, Rothhammer Francisco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The geographical distribution of genes plays a key role in genetic epidemiology. The Chilean population has three major stem groups (Native American, European and African). AIM: To estimate the regional rate of American, European and African admixture of the Chilean population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Forty single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP´s) which exhibit substantially different frequencies between...
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