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. 2008 Jan-Feb;35(1):104-11.
doi: 10.1080/03014460701782256.

Genomic ancestry in urban Afro-Brazilians

Yara Costa Netto Muniz  1 , Luzitano Brandão Ferreira, Celso Teixeira Mendes-Junior, Cláudia Emília Vieira Wiezel, Aguinaldo Luiz Simões
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Genomic ancestry in urban Afro-Brazilians

Yara Costa Netto Muniz et al. Ann Hum Biol. 2008 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

Brazil is the result of interethnic crosses of European, African and Amerindian populations. Allelic frequencies for seven STR loci (TH01, TPOx, CSF1PO, vWA, FES/FPS, F13A1 and CD4), obtained from a sample of 70 individuals identified as Afro-Brazilian and 150 as mulatto, are presented here. Based on the frequencies of these genetic markers, estimates of interethnic admixture showed 62%, 26% and 12% of European, African and Amerindian contribution, respectively, for the mulatto sample and 37% and 63% of European and African contribution, respectively, for the Afro-Brazilian sample.

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