Genetic variability in Chilean Indian populations and its association with geography, language, and culture
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Social Biology
- Vol. 23 (1), 73-81
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.1976.9988205
Abstract
Genetic variability among 7 Chilean Indian populations (Aymara, Atacameno, Diaguita, Pehuenche, Mapuche, Alacaluf and Yagan) was measured in terms of net codon differences per locus from gene frequency data on 7 serologic markers. Indices of cultural and linguistic differences were computed surveying the various ethnographic accounts of these tribal populations. Of the variables, culture, language, geography and the degree of Caucasoid admixture, only geography seems to be the important factor in explaining the variabilities in genetic distances among these populations. An empirical relationship between geographic distance and gene identity is established and shown graphically.Keywords
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