Genetic variation and population structure in native Americans.

We examined genetic diversity and population structure in the American landmass using 678 autosomal microsatellite markers genotyped in 422 individuals representing 24 Native American populations sampled from North, Central, and South America. These data were analyzed jointly with similar data avail...

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Main Authors: Sijia Wang, Cecil M Lewis, Mattias Jakobsson, Sohini Ramachandran, Nicolas Ray, Gabriel Bedoya, Winston Rojas, Maria V Parra, Julio A Molina, Carla Gallo, Guido Mazzotti, Giovanni Poletti, Kim Hill, Ana M Hurtado, Damian Labuda, William Klitz, Ramiro Barrantes, Maria Cátira Bortolini, Francisco M Salzano, Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler, Luiza T Tsuneto, Elena Llop, Francisco Rothhammer, Laurent Excoffier, Marcus W Feldman, Noah A Rosenberg, Andrés Ruiz-Linares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2082466?pdf=render