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Genetic Overview of the Maya Populations: Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups.
Human biology - 1 Nov 2018
González-Oliver Angélica, Pineda-Vázquez Dircé, Garfias-Morales Ernesto, La Cruz-Laina Isabel De, Medrano-González Luis, Márquez-Morfín Lourdes, Ortega-Muñoz Allan
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We identified mitochondrial DNA haplogroups A, B, C, and D in 75 present-day Maya individuals, 24 Maya individuals of the colonial period, and 1 pre-Columbian Maya individual from Quintana Roo, Mexico. We examined these data together with those of 21 Maya populations reported in the literature, comprising 647 present-day Maya individuals and 71 ancient Maya individuals. A demographic study based on analysis of...
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