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The Physical Anthropology and Genetics of Marginal People of the Southeastern United States
Resource ID: 10306
Type: journal article, article
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- Black history, Melungeons, Indigenous history, mixed ancestry peoples, history, populations, race+ethnicity, regional
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DOI:
date:
1972
pages:
pp. 719-734
notes:
. . .
abstract:
Admixture of White, Negro, and Indian peoples of the Southeastern United States from colonial days on has led to some unique populations isolated by social studies. In time they formed distinctive gene pools. On the basis on physical traits and serological factors, it has been possible to reconstruct the approximate genetic contribution of parental populations to the hybrid ones. Some inherited diseases have also been concentrated in these isolates. Both differential fertility and changing social factors may affect the future of these populations.
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