Understanding the Hidden Complexity of Latin American Population Isolates
Most population isolates examined to date were founded from a single ancestral population. Consequently, there is limited knowledge about the demographic history of admixed population isolates. Here we investigate genomic diversity of recently admixed population isolates from Costa Rica and Colombia and compare their diversity to a benchmark population isolate, the Finnish. These Latin American isolates originated during the 16th century from admixture between a few hundred European males and Amerindian females, with a limited contribution from African founders.
Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jazlyn A. Mooney, Christian D. Huber, Susan Service, Jae Hoon Sul, Clare D. Marsden, Zhongyang Zhang, Chiara Sabatti, Andr és Ruiz-Linares, Gabriel Bedoya, Costa Rica/Colombia Consortium for Genetic Investigation of Bipolar Endophenotypes, Nelson Freimer Tags: Article Source Type: research
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