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

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Title
Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals
Published in
PLoS Genetics, September 2014
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572
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Authors

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

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 7,342 subjects ascertained in five countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, México and Perú). These individuals were also characterized for a range of physical appearance traits and for self-perception of ancestry. The geographic distribution of admixture proportions in this sample reveals extensive population structure, illustrating the continuing impact of demographic history on the genetic diversity of Latin America. Significant ancestry effects were detected for most phenotypes studied. However, ancestry generally explains only a modest proportion of total phenotypic variation. Genetically estimated and self-perceived ancestry correlate significantly, but certain physical attributes have a strong impact on self-perception and bias self-perception of ancestry relative to genetically estimated ancestry.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 4 <1%
Colombia 3 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 419 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 79 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 75 17%
Researcher 51 12%
Student > Master 49 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 26 6%
Other 78 18%
Unknown 77 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 111 26%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 89 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 39 9%
Social Sciences 28 6%
Arts and Humanities 12 3%
Other 60 14%
Unknown 96 22%
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