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Ancestry informative markers clarify the regional admixture variation in the Costa Rican population.
Human biology - 1 Oct 2013
Cámpos-Sanchez Rebeca, Raventós Henriette, Barrantes Ramiro
Abstract excerpt
The genetic structure of Costa Rica's population is complex, both by region and by individual, due to the admixture process that started during the 15th century and historical events thereafter. Previous studies have been done mostly on Amerindian populations and the Central Valley inhabitants using various microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA markers. Here, we study for the first time a random sample from all...
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