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Mitochondrial ancestry from complete mitogenomes highlights a lack of characterization of indigenous haplogroups in Brazilian Amazon population.
Communications biology - 30 May 2025
de Souza Felipe Gouvea, Matos Gustavo Barra, Sena Santos Camille, Souza Tatiane Piedade, Gobbo Angélica Rita, da Costa Patrícia Fagundes, Salgado Claudio Guedes, Lopes Eufraseo Gracivane, Vitor de Souza Fernandes André, Santos-Lobato Bruno Lopes, Santos Sidney, C Cavalcante Giovanna, M Ribeiro Dos Santos André, de Araújo Gilderlanio S, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos Ândrea
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial genome is an essential resource to investigate the dispersion and diversification of human populations. However, the lack of genomic data from non-European ancestry hinders demographic, anthropologic and genetic studies. Indigenous people from the Brazilian Amazon are especially underrepresented among large genetic datasets, despite their significative contribution to the Brazilian genetic pool. We...
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- Humans
- Brazil
- Haplotypes
- Genome, Mitochondrial
