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Tracing the genomic ancestry of Peruvians reveals a major legacy of pre-Columbian ancestors.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 2013
Sandoval Jose R, Salazar-Granara Alberto, Acosta Oscar, Castillo-Herrera Wilder, Fujita Ricardo, Pena Sergio D J, Santos Fabricio R
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate the underlying genetic structure and genomic ancestry proportions of Peruvian subpopulations, we analyzed 551 human samples of 25 localities from the Andean, Amazonian, and Coastal regions of Peru with a set of 40 ancestry informative insertion-deletion polymorphisms. Using genotypes of reference populations from different continents for comparison, our analysis indicated that populations...
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