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Admixture in Latin America: geographic structure, phenotypic diversity and self-perception of ancestry based on 7,342 individuals.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2014
Ruiz-Linares Andrés, Adhikari Kaustubh, Acuña-Alonzo Victor, Quinto-Sanchez Mirsha, Jaramillo Claudia, Arias William, Fuentes Macarena, Pizarro María, Everardo Paola, de Avila Francisco, Gómez-Valdés Jorge, León-Mimila Paola, Hunemeier Tábita, Ramallo Virginia, Silva de Cerqueira Caio C, Burley Mari-Wyn, Konca Esra, de Oliveira Marcelo Zagonel, Veronez Mauricio Roberto, Rubio-Codina Marta, Attanasio Orazio, Gibbon Sahra, Ray Nicolas, Gallo Carla, Poletti Giovanni, Rosique Javier, Schuler-Faccini Lavinia, Salzano Francisco M, Bortolini Maria-Cátira, Canizales-Quinteros Samuel, Rothhammer Francisco, Bedoya Gabriel, Balding David, Gonzalez-José Rolando
Abstract excerpt
The current genetic makeup of Latin America has been shaped by a history of extensive admixture between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans, a process taking place within the context of extensive geographic and social stratification. We estimated individual ancestry proportions in a sample of 7,342 subjects ascertained in five countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, México and Perú). These individuals were also...
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