D1S80 locus variability in three Brazilian ethnic groups.

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D1S80 locus variability in three Brazilian ethnic groups.

Human biology - 1 Apr 1995

Heidrich E M, Hutz M H, Salzano F M, Coimbra C E, Santos R V

Abstract excerpt

We have studied the hypervariable locus D1S80 in 75 white and 53 black Brazilians from Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian population, and in 50 Brazilian Indians from the Xavante and Zoró tribes. Allele frequencies were significantly different among the three ethnic groups, mainly because of the...

Topics

Alleles
Black People
Brazil
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Indians, South American
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
White People

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