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Ancestry, admixture and fitness in Colombian genomes.
Scientific reports - 21 Jul 2015
Rishishwar Lavanya, Conley Andrew B, Wigington Charles H, Wang Lu, Valderrama-Aguirre Augusto, Jordan I King
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The human dimension of the Columbian Exchange entailed substantial genetic admixture between ancestral source populations from Africa, the Americas and Europe, which had evolved separately for many thousands of years. We sought to address the implications of the creation of admixed American genomes, containing novel allelic combinations, for human health and fitness via analysis of an admixed Colombian population...
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