The haemoglobinopathies are the commonest single-gene disorders known, almost
certainly because of the protection they provide against malaria, as attested by a number of …

A review was made in relation to the molecular variability present in North, Central, and
South American Indian populations. It involved results from ancient DNA, mitochondrial DNA …

The Xavánte in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction
between the Xavánte, an indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding …

To evaluate sex-specific differences in gene flow between Native American populations from
South America and between those populations and recent immigrants to the New World, we …

Anthropological genetics is a field that has been in existence since the 1960s and has been
growing within medical schools and academic departments, such as anthropology and …

Data related to 15 short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs) are reported for four South
American Indian populations, and integrated with previous Brazilian Indian results. Overall …

A total of 94 individuals from the Xavante village of Rio das Mortes were variously studied in
relation to 28 protein genetic systems. No variation was observed for 15 of them, in …

Sequence data from the first hypervariable segment of the mitochondrial DNA control region
of 124 subjects belonging to three African‐Brazilian and three Brazilian Indian populations …

New frequencies for the β‐globin gene cluster haplotypes are presented for the Aché (N= 82
individuals), Guarani (N= 76), and Kaingang (N= 54), three Native South American …

The α‐major regulatory element (α‐MRE), located 40 Kb far upstream of the α‐globin gene
cluster on chromosome 16, is involved in the regulation of human α‐globin genes …