Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá

R Barquera, O Del Castillo-Chávez, K Nägele… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The ancient city of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico, was one of the largest and most
influential Maya settlements during the Late and Terminal Classic periods (ad 600–1000) …

South Asian maternal and paternal lineages in southern Thailand and the role of sex-biased admixture

W Woravatin, M Stoneking, M Srikummool… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Previous genome-wide studies have reported South Asian (SA) ancestry in several
Mainland Southeast Asian (MSEA) populations; however, additional details concerning …

Circum-Mediterranean influence in the Y-chromosome lineages associated with prostate cancer in Mexican men: A Converso heritage founder effect?

E Álvarez-Topete, LE Torres-Sánchez… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Prostate cancer is the second most common neoplasia amongst men worldwide. Hereditary
susceptibility and ancestral heritage are well-established risk factors that explain the …

MultiWaverX: modeling latent sex-biased admixture history

R Zhang, X Ni, K Yuan, Y Pan, S Xu - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sex-biased gene flow has been common in the demographic history of modern humans.
However, the lack of sophisticated methods for delineating the detailed sex-biased …

Overview of the Americas' first peopling from a patrilineal perspective: new evidence from the southern continent

G Colombo, L Traverso, L Mazzocchi, V Grugni… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Uniparental genetic systems are unique sex indicators and complement the study of
autosomal diversity by providing landmarks of human migrations that repeatedly shaped the …

[HTML][HTML] Weaving mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Panamanian genetic canvas

N Rambaldi Migliore, G Colombo, MR Capodiferro… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Isthmus of Panama was a crossroads between North and South America during the
continent's first peopling (and subsequent movements) also playing a pivotal role during …

Applicability of the IrisPlex system for eye color prediction in an admixed population from Argentina

DM Hohl, R González… - Annals of Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eye color prediction based on an individual's genetic information is of interest in the field of
forensic genetics. In recent years, researchers have studied different genes and markers …

Comparing the effect of imputation reference panel composition in four distinct Latin American cohorts

JN French, VB Pua, R Laboulaye, TP Leal… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Genome-wide association studies have been useful in identifying genetic risk factors for
various phenotypes. These studies rely on imputation and many existing panels are largely …

Population expansion, larger, and more homogeneous native American ancestry among Mexican mestizo populations based on 10 X‐chromosome STR loci (X‐STR …

C Mariscal‐Ramos, I Cortes‐Trujllo… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the genetic diversity, admixture, genetic relationships, and sex‐biased
demographic processes in Mexican Mestizo (admixed) populations based on 10 X …

Genetic heritage of the Baphuthi highlights an over-ethnicized notion of “Bushman” in the Maloti-Drakensberg, southern Africa

RJ Daniels, ME D'Amato, M Lesaoana, M Kasu… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Using contemporary people as proxies for ancient communities is a contentious but
necessary practice in anthropology. In southern Africa, the distinction between the Cape …