• Apolipoprotein E/C1/C4/C2 gene cluster diversity in two native andean populations : Aymaras and Quechuas 

      Gayá-Vidal, Magdalena; Athanasiadis, Georgios; Carreras-Torres, Robert; Via, Marc; Esteban, Esther; Villena, Mercedes; Vásquez, René; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel; Moral, Pedro (Annals of Human Genetics, 2012-07)
      Summary. The APOE/C1/C4/C2 gene cluster presents high relevance in lipid metabolism and, therefore, has important epidemiological implications. Here, we study for the first time the variation patterns of 25 polymorphisms ...
    • Autosomal and X chromosome alu insertions in Bolivian aymaras and quechuas : two languages and one genetic pool 

      Gayà-Vidal, Magdalena; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel; Esteban, Esther; Athanasiadis, Georgios; Rodríguez, Armando; Villena, Mercedes; Vásquez, René; Moral, Pedro (American Journal of Human Biology, 2010)
      Abstract. Thirty-two polymorphic Alu insertions (18 autosomal and 14 from the X chromosome) were studied in 192 individuals from two Amerindian populations of the Bolivian Altiplano (Aymara and Quechua speakers: the two ...
    • Latin Americans show wide-spread converso ancestry and imprint of local native ancestry on physical appearance 

      Chacón-Duque, Juan-Camilo; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Acuña-Alonzo, Víctor; Barquera, Rodrigo; Quinto-Sánchez, Mirsha; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Everardo Martínez, Paola; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Villena, Mercedes; Vásquez, René; Llop, Elena; Sandoval, José R; Salazar-Granara, Alberto; Parolin, María-Laura; Sandoval, Karla; Peñaloza-Espinoza, Rosenda I; Rangel-Villalobos, Héctor; Winkler, Cheryl A; Klitz, William; Bravi, Claudio; Molina, Julio; Corach, Daniel; Barrantes, Ramiro; Gomes, Verónica; Resende, Carlos; Gusmäo, Leonor; Amorin, Antonio; Xue, Yali; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel; Moral, Pedro; González-José, Rolando; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M; Bortolini, María-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Balding, David; Hellenthal, Garrett; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés (Nature communications, 2018)
      Abstract. Historical records and genetic analyses indicate that Latin Americans trace their ancestry mainly to the intermixing (admixture) of Native Americans, Europeans and Sub-Saharan Africans. Using novel haplotype-based ...
    • mtDNA and y-chromosome diversity in aymaras and quechuas from Bolivia : different stories and special genetic traits of the andean altiplano populations 

      Gayà-Vidal, Magdalena; Moral, Pedro; Saenz-Ruales, Nancy; Gerbault, Pascale; Tonasso, Laure; Villena, Mercedes; Vasquez, René; Bravi, Claudio M; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel (American Journal of Physical Anthroplogy, 2011-04-05)
      Abstract. Two Bolivian samples belonging to the two main Andean linguistic groups (Aymaras and Quechuas) were studied for mtDNA and Y-chromosome uniparental markers to evaluate sex-specific differences and give new ...