Population studies on southwestern Indian tribes. I. History, culture, and genetics of the Papago
Niswander JD, Brown KS, Iba BY, Leyshon WC, Workman PL.
Abstract
Cultural and historical studies pertinent to a genetic analysis of the Papago Indians are reviewed. Data are presented for 12 genetic systems in the Papago and comparisons with other Uto-Aztecan tuibes are made. The Papago and the Pima, members of the Piman linguistic subfamily, have generally similar gene frequencies. Differences between the frequencies in these tribes can be attributed to small differences in the relative contributions of closely related ancestral groups, and some random genetic drift. The pattern of gene frequencies in several Nahuatlan-speaking tribes from Mexico resembles the pattern in the Papago and Pima, showing a coruespondence between linguistic and genetic relationships among all of the Uto-Aztecan tribes.
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