Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals

Ruiz‐Linares, Andrés; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Acuña-Alonzo, Víctor; Quinto‐Sánchez, Mirsha; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Fuentes‐Guajardo, Macarena; Gabriela Pizarro Inostroza, María; Everardo, Paola; de Ávila, Francisco; Gómez‐Valdés, Jorge; León‐Mimila, Paola; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virgínia; César Silva de Cerqueira, Caio; Burley, Mari‐Wyn; Konca, Esra; Zagonel de Oliveira, Marcelo; Roberto Veronez, Maurício; Rubio‐Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio; Gibbon, Sahra; Ray, Nicolas; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Rosique, Javier; Schüler‐Faccini, Lavínia; M. Salzano, Francisco; Cátira Bortolini, María; Canizales‐Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; J. Balding, David; González‐José, Rolando

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572

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Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals

Published in PLoS Genetics • Sep 25, 2014

Authors:

Andrés Ruiz‐Linares

Kaustubh Adhikari

Víctor Acuña-Alonzo

Abstract

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...

Subject

Genetic genealogy

Latin Americans

Biology

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