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Ancestry informative markers in indigenous populations from Brazil.
Scientific reports - 13 Feb 2026
Almeida Gabriel Barroso de, Palma Thais Ferreira Bomfim, Barbosa Dyjaene de Oliveira, Machado Taisa Manuela Bonfim, Conceição Rogério Reis, Oliveira Laís Albuquerque de, Ferreira Tiago da Silva, Galvão-Castro Bernardo, Acosta Angelina Xavier, Torres Alex José Leite, Nascimento Roberto José Meyer, Abe-Sandes Kiyoko, Simionatto Simone, Marchioro Silvana Beutinger
Abstract excerpt
Brazil has more than one million Indigenous people, with the highest populations concentrated in the North and Center-West regions. These regions have significant Indigenous populations, so this provides essential insights into their genetic heritage. This study aimed to investigate the genomic ancestry of Indigenous groups in these areas by ten Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs) described with frequency...
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