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Inferring paternal history of rural African-derived Brazilian populations from Y chromosomes.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Mar 2017
Kimura Lilian, Nunes Kelly, Macedo-Souza Lúcia Inês, Rocha Jorge, Meyer Diogo, Mingroni-Netto Regina Célia
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Quilombo remnants are relics of communities founded by runaway or abandoned African slaves, but often with subsequent extensive and complex admixture patterns with European and Native Americans. We combine a genetic study of Y-chromosome markers with anthropological surveys in order to obtain a portrait of quilombo structure and history in the region that has the largest number of quilombo remnants in...
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