Genetic signatures of parental contribution in black and white populations in Brazil

Two hundred and three individuals classified as white were tested for 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms plus two insertion/deletions in their Y-chromosomes. A subset of these individuals (n = 172) was also screened for sequences in the first hypervariable segment of their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)....

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Main Authors: Vanderlei Guerreiro-Junior, Rafael Bisso-Machado, Andrea Marrero, Tábita Hünemeier, Francisco M. Salzano, Maria Cátira Bortolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2009-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000100001