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http://ds.saudeindigena.icict.fiocruz.br/handle/bvs/6370| Title: | Reconstructing History: The Amazonian Murá Indians |
| Authors: | Salzano, F.M. Callegari-Jacques, S.M. Mestriner, M.A. Weimer, T.A. Franco, M.H.L.P. Schüler, L. Harada, M.L. Schneider, H. Hutz, M.H. Freitas, M.J.M. |
| Affilliation: | N/T |
| Abstract: | We studied demographic characteristics of two Mura Indian villages. Two-hundred six inhabitants of these villages and another population were tested in relation to 30 blood and 4 saliva genetic systems. These groups exhibit high mobility and exogamy rates and high fertility but relatively low mortality and variance in number of children per woman. Hb J Oxford and albumin Maku were observed, and they show high prevalences of GPT*1 and RH*R1 but low of HP*1 compared to other South American Indians. Four electrophoretic saliva systems are reported here for the first time in a predominantly Amerindian group. The amount of polymorphism was more limited than that found in Caucasian, black, and Oriental populations. The Mura are still predominantly Indian (82%) but have African (11%) and Caucasoid (7%) admixture. Using these values, the putative ancestral Mura gene frequencies were assessed. Problems related to quantitative estimations of admixture and the factors that influence the process are discussed |
| Keywords: | Amazonas Região Norte Região Amazônica Murá Acervo Pessoal |
| DeCS: | Brasil Saúde de Populações Indígenas Índios Sul-Americanos Demografia Genética Humana |
| Issue Date: | 1990 |
| Publisher: | Wayne State University Press [University Publisher] |
| Citation: | SALZANO, F.M.; CALLEGARI-JACQUES, S.M.; MESTRINER, M.A.; WEIMER, T.A.; FRANCO, M.H.L.P.; SCHÜLER, L.; HARADA, M.L.; SCHNEIDER, H.; HUTZ, M.H.; FREITAS, M.J.M.. Reconstructing History: The Amazonian Mura Indians. Human Biology, v. 62, n. 5, p. 619-635, 1990 |
| Description: | Documento integrante de acervo pessoal doado pelos pesquisadores Ricardo Ventura Santos e Carlos Coimbra Jr |
| ISSN: | 0018-7143 |
| Copyright: | open access |
| Appears in Collections: | GH - Artigos de Periódicos |
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