Origins and demographic dynamics of Tupí expansion: a genetic tale

Abstract: Tupí linguistic groups display a wide geographical dispersion in South America, probably originated, as pointed by linguistic, from Madeira-Guaporé Region (MGR) in Brazil. The present study reviewed genetic data on Tupians for autosomal and uniparental (Y-chromosome and mtDNA) markers, usi...

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Main Authors: Eduardo José Melo dos Santos, Andréa Luciana Soares da Silva, Paloma Daguer Ewerton, Louise Yukari Takeshita, Maria Helena Thomaz Maia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222015000200217&lng=en&tlng=en