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mtDNA ancestry of Rio de Janeiro population, Brazil

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Polymorphism studies concerning HVI and HVII regions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have improved the understanding of the admixture genetic process related to the occupation of the continents by human population groups. We have analyzed the mtDNA lineages of 190 healthy and maternally unrelated individuals born in the metropolitan region of the Rio de Janeiro city, the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. The data showing that 57.9, 25.3 and 16.8 % of the matrilineages found in Rio de Janeiro come from African, Amerindian and European population groups. They are, respectively, in close agreement with historical records which indicate that the admixture population of Brazil is the resulting of interethnic asymmetry crosses between individuals from those population groups. The high proportion of African mtDNA lineages in the population of Rio de Janeiro is in accordance with studies related to other Brazilian states.

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  1. Laboratório de Diagnósticos por DNA, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Suellen Bernardo, Rose Hermida, Márcia Desidério, Dayse A. Silva & Elizeu F. de Carvalho

  2. Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Dayse A. Silva & Elizeu F. de Carvalho

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Bernardo, S., Hermida, R., Desidério, M. et al. mtDNA ancestry of Rio de Janeiro population, Brazil. Mol Biol Rep 41, 1945–1950 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-014-3041-9

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