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Charting the Y-chromosome ancestry of present-day Argentinean Mennonites.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2016
Toscanini Ulises, Brisighelli Francesca, Llull Cintia, Berardi Gabriela, Gómez Andrea, Andreatta Fernando, Pardo-Seco Jacobo, Gómez-Carballa Alberto, Martinón-Torres Federico, Álvarez-Iglesias Vanesa, Salas Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Old Order Mennonite communities initially arose in Northern Europe (centered in the Netherlands) and derived from the Anabaptist movement of the 16th century. Mennonites migrated to the New World in the early 18th century, first to North America, and more recently to Mesoamerica and South America. We analyzed Y-chromosome short tandem repeats (STRs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms in males from a community of...
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