A genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci for variation in human ear morphology.
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A genome-wide association scan in admixed Latin Americans identifies loci influencing facial and scalp hair features.
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NAT2 gene diversity and its evolutionary trajectory in the Americas.
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mtDNA diversity of the Zapotec in Mexico suggests a population decline long before the first contact with Europeans.
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J Hum Genet. 2015 Sep;60(9):557-9.

Differing evolutionary histories of the ACTN3*R577X polymorphism among the major human geographic groups.
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PLoS One. 2015 Feb 23;10(2):e0115449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115449.

Facial asymmetry and genetic ancestry in Latin American admixed populations.
Quinto-Sánchez M, Adhikari K, Acuña-Alonzo V, Cintas C, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Ramallo V, Castillo L, Farrera A, Jaramillo C, Arias W, Fuentes M, Everardo P, de Avila F, Gomez-Valdés J, Hünemeier T, Gibbon S, Gallo C, Poletti G, Rosique J, Bortolini MC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Rothhammer F, Bedoya G, Ruiz-Linares A, González-José R.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2015 May;157(1):58-70. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22688. Epub 2015 Jan 12.

Admixture in Latin America: geographic structure, phenotypic diversity and self-perception of ancestry based on 7,342 individuals.
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PLoS Genet. 2014 Sep 25;10(9):e1004572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572.

Geographical and ethnic distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms within genes of the folate/homocysteine pathway metabolism.
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Genes Nutr. 2014 Sep;9(5):421. doi: 10.1007/s12263-014-0421-7. Epub 2014 Aug 9.

Human genetics. The genetics of Mexico recapitulates Native American substructure and affects biomedical traits.
Moreno-Estrada A, Gignoux CR, Fernández-López JC, Zakharia F, Sikora M, Contreras AV, Acuña-Alonzo V, Sandoval K, Eng C, Romero-Hidalgo S, Ortiz-Tello P, Robles V, Kenny EE, Nuño-Arana I, Barquera-Lozano R, Macín-Pérez G, Granados-Arriola J, Huntsman S, Galanter JM, Via M, Ford JG, Chapela R, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Romieu I, Sienra-Monge JJ, del Rio Navarro B, London SJ, Ruiz-Linares A, Garcia-Herrera R, Estrada K, Hidalgo-Miranda A, Jimenez-Sanchez G, Carnevale A, Soberón X, Canizales-Quinteros S, Rangel-Villalobos H, Silva-Zolezzi I, Burchard EG, Bustamante CD.
Science. 2014 Jun 13;344(6189):1280-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1251688.

Implications of the admixture process in skin color molecular assessment.
Cerqueira CC, Hünemeier T, Gomez-Valdés J, Ramallo V, Volasko-Krause CD, Barbosa AA, Vargas-Pinilla P, Dornelles RC, Longo D, Rothhammer F, Bedoya G, Canizales-Quinteros S, Acuña-Alonzo V, Gallo C, Poletti G, González-José R, Salzano FM, Callegari-Jacques SM, Schuler-Faccini L, Ruiz-Linares A, Cátira Bortolini M; for CANDELA (Consortium for the Analysis of the Diversity and Evolution of Latin America).
PLoS One. 2014 May 8;9(5):e96886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096886. eCollection 2014.

Complete mitogenome analysis of indigenous populations in Mexico: its relevance for the origin of Mesoamericans.
Mizuno F, Gojobori J, Wang L, Onishi K, Sugiyama S, Granados J, Gomez-Trejo C, Acuña-Alonzo V, Ueda S.
J Hum Genet. 2014 Jul;59(7):359-67. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2014.35. Epub 2014 May 8.

PNPLA3 I148M polymorphism is associated with elevated alanine transaminase levels in Mexican Indigenous and Mestizo populations.
Larrieta-Carrasco E, Acuña-Alonzo V, Velázquez-Cruz R, Barquera-Lozano R, León-Mimila P, Villamil-Ramírez H, Menjivar M, Romero-Hidalgo S, Méndez-Sánchez N, Cárdenas V, Bañuelos-Moreno M, Flores YN, Quiterio M, Salmerón J, Sánchez-Muñoz F, Villarreal-Molina T, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S.
Mol Biol Rep. 2014 Jul;41(7):4705-11. doi: 10.1007/s11033-014-3341-0. Epub 2014 Apr 2.

Founder effect and ancestral origin of the spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) mutation in Mexican families.
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Neurogenetics. 2014 Mar;15(1):13-7. doi: 10.1007/s10048-013-0387-4. Epub 2013 Dec 28.

FGFR1 signaling is associated with the magnitude of morphological integration in human head shape.
Hünemeier T, Gómez-Valdés J, De Azevedo S, Quinto-Sánchez M, Passaglia L, Salzano FM, Sánchez-Mejorada G, Alonzo VA, Martínez-Abadías N, Bortolini MC, González-José R.
Am J Hum Biol. 2014 Mar-Apr;26(2):164-75. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22496. Epub 2013 Dec 10.

HLA class I and class II conserved extended haplotypes and their fragments or blocks in Mexicans: implications for the study of genetic diversity in admixed populations.
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PLoS One. 2013 Sep 23;8(9):e74442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074442. eCollection 2013.

Contribution of common genetic variants to obesity and obesity-related traits in mexican children and adults.
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PLoS One. 2013 Aug 8;8(8):e70640. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070640. eCollection 2013.

Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) variants and craniofacial variation in Amerindians and related populations.
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Cambio cultural, estilo de vida, adiposidad y niveles de glucosa en una comunidad totonaca de la Sierra Norte de Puebla.
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Una primera aproximación a la generación de un mapa inmunogenético de la población mexicana.
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Reconstructing Native American population history.
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Evolutionary responses to a constructed niche: ancient Mesoamericans as a model of gene-culture coevolution. Hünemeier T, Amorim CE, Azevedo S, Contini V, Acuña-Alonzo V, Rothhammer F, Dugoujon JM, Mazières S, Barrantes R, Villarreal-Molina MT, Paixão-Côrtes VR, Salzano FM, Canizales-Quinteros S, Ruiz-Linares A, Bortolini MC. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38862.

Reconstructing the history of Mesoamerican populations through the study of the mitochondrial DNA control region. Gorostiza A, Acunha-Alonzo V, Regalado-Liu L, Tirado S, Granados J, Sámano D, Rangel-Villalobos H, González-Martín A. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44666.