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The mitochondrial DNA history of a former native American village in northern Uruguay.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Sans Mónica, Mones Pablo, Figueiro Gonzalo, Barreto Isabel, Motti Josefina M B, Coble Michael D, Bravi Claudio M, Hidalgo Pedro C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: In 1828, between 8,000 and 15,000 Indians from the Jesuit Missions were brought to Uruguay. There, they were settled in a village, presently named Bella Unión, in the northwest corner of the country. According to historic sources, the Indians abandoned the settlement shortly thereafter, with the village subsequently repopulated by "criollos" and immigrants from abroad. As a first approach to...
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