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Analysis of genetic ancestry in the admixed Brazilian population from Rio de Janeiro using 46 autosomal ancestry-informative indel markers

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Pages 94-98 | Received 02 Mar 2012, Accepted 15 Oct 2012, Published online: 15 Nov 2012

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