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Age, area, and acheiropody

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Analysis of the geographic distribution of acheiropody suggests spread from São Paulo along the São Francisco valley at a rate consistent with current parent-offspring distribution and 20 generations of gene flow.

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  1. Population Genetics Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1980 East-West Road, 96822, Honolulu, HI, USA

    N. E. Morton & C. A. A. Barbosa

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PGL No. 233. This work was supported by Grants GM 17173 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Biologicas 79/0482 from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

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Morton, N.E., Barbosa, C.A.A. Age, area, and acheiropody. Hum Genet 57, 420–422 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281696

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