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The Wai Wai Indians of South America: history and genetics.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Callegari-Jacques S M, Salzano F M, Weimer T A, Franco M H, Mestriner M A, Hutz M H, Schüler L
Abstract excerpt
Demographic medical and genetic information was obtained in a population of Carib-speaking Wai Wai Indians living in northern Brazil. At present mortality is low and fertility moderate, with a low variance in offspring number in completed families. Mobility is high, but about two-thirds of the unions are endogamic. Malaria is the main health problem. Phenotype and allele frequencies were obtained for 27 protein...
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