The genetic composition of Argentina prior to the massive immigration era: insights from matrilineages of extant criollos in central-western Argentina

MOTTI JMB; RODENAK B; MUZZIO M,; RAMALLO V; SANTOS MR; CASTRO C; ALFARO EL; DIPIERRI JE; SCHEIBLE M; SAUNIER J; IRWIN J; COBLE M; BAILLIET G; BRAVI C

Buenos Aires

Congreso; 23th World Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics; 2009

International Society for Forensic Genetics

Massive transatlantic immigration at the end of the 19th and in the first half of the 20th centuries,mostly from Europe and the Middle East, significantly modified the human genetic landscape of Argentina. In an attempt to analyze the genetic composition of the country prior to this radical change, mtDNA control region sequences from individuals self-described as criollos from the cities of San Juan and La Rioja in central-west Argentina were obtained.