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

September 2014 in “ PLOS Genetics ”

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

Studysummary This study found that while genetic ancestry affects physical appearance traits in Latin American populations, it accounts for only a modest portion of the observed variation.

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