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New insights on intercontinental origins of paternal lineages in Northeast Brazil.
BMC evolutionary biology - 29 Jan 2020
Schaan Ana Paula, Gusmão Leonor, Jannuzzi Juliana, Modesto Antonio, Amador Marcos, Marques Diego, Rabenhorst Silvia Helena, Montenegro Raquel, Lopes Thayson, Yoshioka France Keiko, Pinto Giovanny, Santos Sidney, Costa Lorenna, Silbiger Vivian, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos Ândrea
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The current Brazilian population is the product of centuries of admixture between intercontinental founding groups. Although previous results have revealed a heterogeneous distribution of mitochondrial lineages in the Northeast region, the most targeted by foreign settlers during the sixteenth century, little is known about the paternal ancestry of this particular population. Considering historical...
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