GENETIC COMPOSITION OF CHILEAN POPULATION - THE YAMANAS FROM UKIKA

Authors
LLOP E HARB Z MORENO R ASPILLAGA E VANDEMAELE M ROTHHAMMER F
Citation
E. Llop et al., GENETIC COMPOSITION OF CHILEAN POPULATION - THE YAMANAS FROM UKIKA, Revista Medica de Chile, 122(9), 1994, pp. 979-985
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Revista Medica de Chile → ACNP
ISSN journal
00349887
Volume
122
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
979 - 985
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-9887(1994)122:9<979:GCOCP->2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The genetic composition of a group of 24 Yamana indians that survive i n Puerto Williams, Navarino Island, Chile (parallel 55 south of Tierra del Fuego), was studied Results showed that these indians have a diff erent genetic composition than Pehuenche indians, specially for HLA sy stem and esterase D. This fact validates the hypothesis, based on arch eological and anthropological evidence, about the paleoindian origin o f Yamanas.