BMC Genetics 2012, 13:39 doi:10.1186/1471-2156-13-39
Genetic analysis of ancestry, admixture and selection in Bolivian and Totonac populations of the New World
W Scott Watkins, Jinchuan Xing, Chad Huff, David J Witherspoon, Yuhua Zhang, Ugo A Perego, Scott R Woodward and Lynn B Jorde
Abstract (provisional)
Background
Populations of the Americas were founded by early migrants from Asia, and some have experienced recent genetic admixture.
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