Genomic ancestry in urban Afro-Brazilians |
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| Authors: | Yara Costa Netto Muniz Luzitano Brandão Ferreira Celso Teixeira Mendes-Junior Cláudia Emília Vieira Wiezel |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeir?o Preto, Universidade de S?o Paulo, Brazil;2. Faculdade LS, Distrito Federal, Brazil;3. Centro Universitário de Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil |
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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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| Keywords: | STRs mulatto genomic ancestry Afro-Brazilian Brazil |
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