The Genomic Ancestry of Individuals from Different Geographical Regions of Brazil Is More Uniform Than Expected

D. J. Pena, Sérgio; Di Pietro, Giuliano; Fuchshuber-Moraes, Mateus; Pasqualini Genro, Júlia; Helena Hutz, Mara; S. G. Kehdy, Fernanda; B. Kohlrausch, Fabiana; Alexandre Viana Magno, Luiz; Carvalho Montenegro, Raquel; Odorico de Moraes, Manoel; Elisabete Amaral de Moraes, Maria; Raiol de Moraes, Milene; P.B. Ojopi, Elida; Alessandra Perini, Jamila; Racciopi, Clarice; Ribeiro‐dos‐Santos, Ândrea; Rios-Santos, Fabrício; Aurélio Romano‐Silva, Marco; Albuquerque Sortica, Vinicius; Suarez‐Kurtz, Guilherme

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017063

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The Genomic Ancestry of Individuals from Different Geographical Regions of Brazil Is More Uniform Than Expected

Published in PLoS ONE • Feb 16, 2011

Authors:

Sérgio D. J. Pena

Giuliano Di Pietro

Mateus Fuchshuber-Moraes

Abstract

Based on pre-DNA racial/color methodology, clinical and pharmacological trials have traditionally considered the different geographical regions of Brazil as being very heterogeneous. We wished to ascertain how such diversity of regional color categories correlated with ancestry. Using a panel of 40 ...

Subject

Census

Genetic genealogy

Geography

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