Low Levels of STRP Variability Are Not Universal in American Indians

Document Type

Article

Authors

Mara H. Hutz, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Sidia M. Callegari-Jaçues, Departamento de Estatística, Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus do Vale, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Sabrina E. M. Almeida, "Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil."
Talita Armborst, Departamento de Estatística, Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus do Vale, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Francisco M. Salzano, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Abstract

Data related to 15 short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs) are reported for five Brazilian Indian populations, and a set of them compared with results previously reported for Asian, neo-Brazilian, North American, Iberian, and African populations. The low variability observed for these markers among the Suruí Indians is confirmed, but the other populations show variability levels that are similar to those found elsewhere. Previous suggestions of population bottlenecks in the prehistorical colonization of the New World were not confirmed. On the other hand, STRPs again showed to be good markers for the establishment of population relationships.

Recommended Citation

Hutz, Mara H.; Callegari-Jaçues, Sidia M.; Almeida, Sabrina E. M.; Armborst, Talita; and Salzano, Francisco M. (2002) "Low Levels of STRP Variability Are Not Universal in American Indians," Human Biology: Vol. 74: Iss. 6, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol74/iss6/3