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Fig. 5 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 5

From: mtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast

Fig. 5

Northeast Brazil divided into two sets regarding mtDNA ancestry. The variability in mtDNA composition seems to be related to European colonization events. The state of Paraíba, located in between both groups, showed equal frequencies for Amerindians and Africans and is, therefore, a transition between both sets

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