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Development of a small panel of SNPs to infer ancestry in Chileans that distinguishes Aymara and Mapuche components.
Biological research - 16 Apr 2020
Verdugo Ricardo A, Di Genova Alex, Herrera Luisa, Moraga Mauricio, Acuña Mónica, Berríos Soledad, Llop Elena, Valenzuela Carlos Y, Bustamante M Leonor, Digman Dayhana, Symon Adriana, Asenjo Soledad, López Pamela, Blanco Alejandro, Suazo José, Barozet Emmanuelle, Caba Fresia, Villalón Marcelo, Alvarado Sergio, Cáceres Dante, Salgado Katherine, Portales Pilar, Moreno-Estrada Andrés, Gignoux Christopher R, Sandoval Karla, Bustamante Carlos D, Eng Celeste, Huntsman Scott, Burchard Esteban G, Loira Nicolás, Maass Alejandro, Cifuentes Lucía
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BACKGROUND: Current South American populations trace their origins mainly to three continental ancestries, i.e. European, Amerindian and African. Individual variation in relative proportions of each of these ancestries may be confounded with socio-economic factors due to population stratification. Therefore, ancestry is a potential confounder variable that should be considered in epidemiologic studies and in...
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