Cuba: exploring the history of admixture and the genetic basis of pigmentation using autosomal and uniparental markers.

Cuba: exploring the history of admixture and the genetic basis of pigmentation using autosomal and uniparental markers.

We carried out an admixture analysis of a sample comprising 1,019 individuals from all the provinces of Cuba. We used a panel of 128 autosomal Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs) to estimate the admixture proportions. We also characterized a number of haplogroup diagnostic markers in the mtDNA and Y...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel, Esteban J Parra, Evelyn Fuentes-Smith, Antonio Salas, Henriette N Buttenschøn, Ditte Demontis, María Torres-Español, Lilia C Marín-Padrón, Enrique J Gómez-Cabezas, Vanesa Alvarez-Iglesias, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Antonio Martínez-Fuentes, Angel Carracedo, Anders D Børglum, Ole Mors
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4109857?pdf=render

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