Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

The genomic landscape of Mexican Indigenous populations brings insights into the peopling of the Americas

  • Humberto García-Ortiz,
  • Francisco Barajas-Olmos,
  • Cecilia Contreras-Cubas,
  • Miguel Ángel Cid-Soto,
  • Emilio J. Córdova,
  • Federico Centeno-Cruz,
  • Elvia Mendoza-Caamal,
  • Isabel Cicerón-Arellano,
  • Marlen Flores-Huacuja,
  • Paulina Baca,
  • Deborah A. Bolnick,
  • Meradeth Snow,
  • Silvia Esperanza Flores-Martínez,
  • Rocio Ortiz-Lopez,
  • Austin W. Reynolds,
  • Antonio Blanchet,
  • Mirna Morales-Marín,
  • Rafael Velázquez-Cruz,
  • Aleksandar David Kostic,
  • Carlos Galaviz-Hernández,
  • Alejandra Guadalupe García-Zapién,
  • José Concepción Jiménez-López,
  • Guadalupe León-Reyes,
  • Eva Gabriela Salas-Bautista,
  • Blanca Patricia Lazalde-Ramos,
  • Juan Luis Jiménez-Ruíz,
  • Guadalupe Salas-Martínez,
  • Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal,
  • Elaheh Mirzaeicheshmeh,
  • Yolanda Saldaña-Alvarez,
  • María del Carmen Abrahantes-Pérez,
  • Francisco Loeza-Becerra,
  • Raúl Mojica-Espinosa,
  • Federico Sánchez-Quinto,
  • Héctor Rangel-Villalobos,
  • Martha Sosa-Macías,
  • José Sánchez-Corona,
  • Augusto Rojas-Martinez,
  • Angélica Martínez-Hernández,
  • Lorena Orozco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26188-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Indigenous populations, including in those in Mexico are underrepresented in genetic studies. Here, the authors perform a population genetics study of indigenous peoples in Mexico to explore demographic histories of the region in the context of geography and cultural influences.