Latin Americans are highly heterogeneous regarding the type of Native American ancestry.
Consideration of specific associations with common diseases may lead to substantial …

Background Germline pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA) are the main
cause of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome (HBOC). Methods In this study we …

Preeclampsia is a multi-organ complication of pregnancy characterized by sudden
hypertension and proteinuria that is among the leading causes of preterm delivery and …

Accurate gathering of phenotypic information is a key aspect in several subject matters,
including biometrics, biomedical analysis, forensics, and many other. Automatic …

Hispanic/Latino (H/L) populations, although linked by culture and aspects of shared history,
reflect the complexity of history and migration influencing the Americas. The original …

Like many highly variable human traits, more than a dozen genes are known to contribute to
the full range of skin color. However, the historical bias in favor of genetic studies in …

The transatlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration in world history. However, the
origins of the enslaved Africans and their admixture dynamics remain unclear. To investigate …

As the field of forensic DNA analysis has started to transition from genetics to genomics, new
methods to aid in crime scene investigations have arisen. The development of informative …

Background—The cause of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is unknown by
definition, but its familial subtype is considered to have a genetic component. We …

Background Admixture occurs when previously isolated populations come together and
exchange genetic material. We hypothesize that admixture can enable rapid adaptive …