Valongo, genetic studies on an isolated Afro-Brazilian community

A southern Brazilian isolated community of predominantly sub-Saharan African origin, with a total population of 74 individuals and high degree of inbreeding (F = 0.081) was studied. The small sizes of the breeding (35) and effective (21) populations, as well as the very small effective migration rat...

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Main Authors: Ilíada Rainha de Souza, Lodércio Culpi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2005-09-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572005000300012