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Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Mazahua and Otomi Indigenous Populations from Estado de México Suggests a Distant Common Ancestry.
Human biology - 1 Jul 2017
González-Oliver Angélica, Garfias-Morales Ernesto, Smith David Glenn, Quinto-Sánchez Mirsha
Abstract excerpt
The indigenous Mazahua and Otomi have inhabited the same localities in Estado de México since pre-Columbian times. Their languages, Mazahua and Otomi, belong to the Oto-Manguean linguistic family, and although they share cultural traditions and a regional history that suggest close genetic relationships and common ancestry, the historical records concerning their origin are confusing. To understand the biological...
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