Article
New studies on the Macushi Indians of northern Brazil.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Salzano F M, Mohrenweiser H, Gershowitz H, Neel J V, Mestriner M A, Simões A L, Constans J, De Melo e Freitas M J
Abstract excerpt
Demographic data and genetic information concerning 40 genetic systems are reported for three populations of Macushi Indians, and have been compared to those already obtained for three other communities of this tribe. These are young populations (mean age, 19 years), with a low sex ratio (90), lo...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Blood Group Antigens
- Brazil
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Demography
- Female
- Fertility
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Infant
- Male
- Marriage
- Pregnancy