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Genetic structure characterization of Chileans reflects historical immigration patterns

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  • Susana Eyheramendy

    (Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

  • Felipe I. Martinez

    (Interdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies, Anthropology Program, Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

  • Federico Manevy

    (Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

  • Cecilia Vial

    (Center for Genetics and Genomics, Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo
    Hantavirus Program, Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo)

  • Gabriela M. Repetto

    (Center for Genetics and Genomics, Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo)

Abstract

Identifying the ancestral components of genomes of admixed individuals helps uncovering the genetic basis of diseases and understanding the demographic history of populations. We estimate local ancestry on 313 Chileans and assess the contribution from three continental populations. The distribution of ancestry block-length suggests an average admixing time around 10 generations ago. Sex-chromosome analyses confirm imbalanced contribution of European men and Native-American women. Previously known genes under selection contain SNPs showing large difference in allele frequencies. Furthermore, we show that assessing ancestry is harder at SNPs with higher recombination rates and easier at SNPs with large difference in allele frequencies at the ancestral populations. Two observations, that African ancestry proportions systematically decrease from North to South, and that European ancestry proportions are highest in central regions, show that the genetic structure of Chileans is under the influence of a diffusion process leading to an ancestry gradient related to geography.

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  • Susana Eyheramendy & Felipe I. Martinez & Federico Manevy & Cecilia Vial & Gabriela M. Repetto, 2015. "Genetic structure characterization of Chileans reflects historical immigration patterns," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms7472
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7472
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