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Outlining the Ancestry Landscape of Colombian Admixed Populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Ossa Humberto, Aquino Juliana, Pereira Rui, Ibarra Adriana, Ossa Rafael H, Pérez Luz Adriana, Granda Juan David, Lattig Maria Claudia, Groot Helena, Fagundes de Carvalho Elizeu, Gusmão Leonor
Abstract excerpt
The ancestry of the Colombian population comprises a large number of well differentiated Native communities belonging to diverse linguistic groups. In the late fifteenth century, a process of admixture was initiated with the arrival of the Europeans, and several years later, Africans also became part of the Colombian population. Therefore, the genepool of the current Colombian population results from the...
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