Genetic composition of the Chilean population: the population from San Pedro de Atacama Composicion genética de la población chilena: los atacameños de la comuna de San Pedro de Atacama.

Abstract

This work describes the genetic composition of atacameños from San Pedro de Atacama. The results show that a) the contribution of non-indigenous genes is relatively low, in relation to the spanish immigration period. b) the Hardy-Weinberg genetic disequilibrium for MNSs system should have biological implications c) the variant for esterasa D enzyme may be the same found in other chilean populations.