[Genetic composition of Chilean population: the Pehuenches from Trapa-Trapa].

Article

[Genetic composition of Chilean population: the Pehuenches from Trapa-Trapa].

Revista medica de Chile - 1 May 1993

Llop E, Harb Z, Acuña M, Moreno R, Barton S, Aspillaga E, Rothhammer F

Abstract excerpt

This study describes the genetic composition of Pehuenche indians from Trapa-Trapa. The admixture analysis revealed that this group has conserved most of its pre-Columbian gene pool and therefore, is representative of the indians that lived in Southern Chile before the Spanish conquest. A relativ...

Topics

Blood Group Antigens
Chile
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Haplotypes
Humans
Indians, South American
Phenotype

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