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Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup variation of contemporary mixed South Americans reveals prehistoric displacements linked to archaeologically-derived culture history.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Nov 2017
Rothhammer Francisco, Fehren-Schmitz Lars, Puddu Giannina, Capriles José
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine South American population structure and prehistoric population displacements prior to the Spanish conquest, utilizing mitochondrial DNA haplogroups of extant mixed populations from Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. METHOD: Relative frequencies of four pan-American haplogroups, obtained from published...
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