• 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 ...