Tracing the genetic history of the ‘Cañaris’ from Ecuador and Peru using uniparental DNA markers

Abstract Background According to history, in the pre-Hispanic period, during the conquest and Inka expansion in Ecuador, many Andean families of the Cañar region would have been displaced to several places of Tawantinsuyu, including Kañaris, a Quechua-speaking community located at the highlands of t...

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Main Authors: José R. Sandoval, Daniela R. Lacerda, Marilza M. S. Jota, Paulo Robles-Ruiz, Pierina Danos, César Paz-y-Miño, Spencer Wells, Fabrício R. Santos, Ricardo Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
SNP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-020-06834-1