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Vieira-Machado,Camilla Dutra; Tostes,Maluah; Alves,Gabrielle; Nazer,Julio; Martinez,Liliana; Wettig,Elisabeth; Pizarro Rivadeneira,Oscar; Diaz Caamaño,Marcela; Larenas Ascui,Jessica; Pavez,Pedro; Dutra,Maria da Graça; Castilla,Eduardo Enrique; Orioli,Ieda Maria. |
Abstract The presence of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans has led to the development of a multi-ethnic, admixed population in Chile. This study aimed to contribute to the characterization of the uniparental genetic structure of three Chilean regions. Newborns from seven hospitals in Independencia, Providencia, Santiago, Curicó, Cauquenes, Valdívia, and Puerto Montt communes, belonging to the Chilean regions of Santiago, Maule, and Los Lagos, were studied. The presence of Native American mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups and two markers present in the non-recombinant region of the Y chromosome, DYS199 and DYS287, indicative of Native American and African ancestry, respectively, was determined. A high Native American matrilineal contribution and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Uniparental markers; Ancestry; MtDNA; Y-chromosome; ECLAMC. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016000400573 |
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