Toward a new history and geography of human genes informed by ancient DNA

JK Pickrell, D Reich - Trends in Genetics, 2014 - cell.com
Genetic information contains a record of the history of our species, and technological
advances have transformed our ability to access this record. Many studies have used …

Interethnic admixture and the evolution of Latin American populations

FM Salzano, M Sans - Genetics and molecular biology, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Human demographic history impacts genetic risk prediction across diverse populations

AR Martin, CR Gignoux, RK Walters, GL Wojcik… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
The vast majority of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are performed in
Europeans, and their transferability to other populations is dependent on many factors (eg …

Finding the needle in a high-dimensional haystack: Canonical correlation analysis for neuroscientists

HT Wang, J Smallwood, J Mourao-Miranda, CH Xia… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
The 21st century marks the emergence of “big data” with a rapid increase in the availability
of datasets with multiple measurements. In neuroscience, brain-imaging datasets are more …

[PDF][PDF] The genetic ancestry of african americans, latinos, and european Americans across the United States

K Bryc, EY Durand, JM Macpherson, D Reich… - The American Journal of …, 2015 - cell.com
Over the past 500 years, North America has been the site of ongoing mixing of Native
Americans, European settlers, and Africans (brought largely by the trans-Atlantic slave …

Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

M Raghavan, M Steinrücken, K Harris, S Schiffels… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The consensus view on the peopling of the Americas is that ancestors of
modern Native Americans entered the Americas from Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge …

Characterization of Greater Middle Eastern genetic variation for enhanced disease gene discovery

EM Scott, A Halees, Y Itan, EG Spencer, Y He… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Greater Middle East (GME) has been a central hub of human migration and
population admixture. The tradition of consanguinity, variably practiced in the Persian Gulf …

The genetics of Mexico recapitulates Native American substructure and affects biomedical traits

A Moreno-Estrada, CR Gignoux, JC Fernández-López… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Mexico harbors great cultural and ethnic diversity, yet fine-scale patterns of human genome-
wide variation from this region remain largely uncharacterized. We studied genomic …

A genetic history of the pre-contact Caribbean

DM Fernandes, KA Sirak, H Ringbauer, J Sedig… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Humans settled the Caribbean about 6,000 years ago, and ceramic use and intensified
agriculture mark a shift from the Archaic to the Ceramic Age at around 2,500 years ago …

Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement

AG Ioannidis, J Blanco-Portillo, K Sandoval… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The possibility of voyaging contact between prehistoric Polynesian and Native American
populations has long intrigued researchers. Proponents have pointed to the existence of …