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Ancestral components of admixed genomes in a Mexican cohort.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2011
Johnson Nicholas A, Coram Marc A, Shriver Mark D, Romieu Isabelle, Barsh Gregory S, London Stephanie J, Tang Hua
Abstract excerpt
For most of the world, human genome structure at a population level is shaped by interplay between ancient geographic isolation and more recent demographic shifts, factors that are captured by the concepts of biogeographic ancestry and admixture, respectively. The ancestry of non-admixed individuals can often be traced to a specific population in a precise region, but current approaches for studying admixed...
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