Molecular variability in Amerindians: widespread but uneven information
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Molecular variability in Amerindians: widespread but uneven information.
A review was made in relation to the molecular variability present in North, Central, and South American Indian populations. It involved results from ancient DNA, mitochondrial DNA in extant populations, HLA and other autosomal markers, X and Y chromosome variation, as well as data from parasitic viruses which could show coevolutionary changes. The questions considered were their origin, ways i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0001-3765
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652002000200005