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

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ruiz Linares, Andrés ^a   Adhikari, Kaustubh ^a   Acuña Alonzo, Victor ^a,b   Quinto Sanchez, Mirsha ^c   Jaramillo, Claudia ^d   Arias, William ^d   Fuentes, Macarena ^e   Pizarro, María ^e   Everardo, Paola ^b,f   de Avila, Francisco ^b,f   Gómez Valdés, Jorge ^f   León Mimila, Paola ^f   Hunemeier, Tábita ^g   Ramallo, Virginia ^g   Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C ^g   Burley, Mari Wyn ^a   Konca, Esra ^a   de Oliveira, Marcelo Zagonel ^g   Veronez, Mauricio Roberto ^h   Rubio Codina, Marta ⁱ   Attanasio, Orazio ^a,i   Gibbon, Sahra ^a   Ray, Nicolas ^j   Gallo, Carla ^k   Poletti, Giovanni ^k   Rosique, Javier ^d   Schuler Faccini, Lavinia ^g   Salzano, Francisco M ^g   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^g   Canizales Quinteros, Samuel ^f,l   Rothhammer, Francisco ^e   Bedoya, Gabriel ^d   Balding, David ^a   Gonzalez José, Rolando ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH)   (Mexico)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^l INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILE; COLOMBIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR COLOR; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION AND HEALTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84901487813     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572     Document Type: Article

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