Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified a large number of SNPs
associated with disease phenotypes. As most GWA studies have been performed in …

Background and Purpose—This American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement
provides a comprehensive overview of current evidence on the burden cardiovascular …

Identifying the ancestry of chromosomal segments of distinct ancestry has a wide range of
applications from disease map** to learning about history. Most methods require the use …

To provide a resource for assessing continental ancestry in a wide variety of genetic studies,
we identified, validated, and characterized a set of 128 ancestry informative markers (AIMs) …

Mexico is develo** the basis for genomic medicine to improve healthcare of its population.
The extensive study of genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium structure of different …

The large and diverse population of Latin America is potentially a powerful resource for
elucidating the genetic basis of complex traits through admixture map**. However, no …

Two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have described associations of variants in
PNPLA3 with nonalcoholic fatty liver and plasma liver enzyme levels. We investigated the …

Large-scale genoty** of SNPs has shown a great promise in identifying markers that
could be linked to diseases. One of the major obstacles involved in performing these studies …

Most individuals throughout the Americas are admixed descendants of Native American,
European, and African ancestors. Complex historical factors have resulted in varying …

A general introduction to the origins and history of Latin American populations is followed by
a systematic review of the data from molecular autosomal assessments of the …