A general introduction to the origins and history of Latin American populations is followed by
a systematic review of the data from molecular autosomal assessments of the …

Objectives This study aims at performing a systematic review and meta‐analysis with the
studies of genetic admixture inference of Brazilian population and to compare these results …

While South Americans are underrepresented in human genomic diversity studies, Brazil
has been a classical model for population genetics studies on admixture. We present the …

The genetic background of the Brazilian population is mainly characterized by three parental
populations: European, African, and Native American. The aim of this study was to overview …

Objectives: xMany Africans were brought to Brazil as slaves. The runaway or abandoned
slaves founded isolated communities named quilombos. There are many quilombo …

Brazilian quilombos are communities formed by enslaved Africans and their descendants all
over the country during slavery and shortly after its abolition. Quilombos harbor a great …

Rural communities comprise around 20% of Caribbean and South American populations,
but are under-represented in autosomal marker databases. That deficiency is problematic …

O componente étnico-racial e a ancestralidade genética nas pesquisas em saúde estão
entre os temas mais debatidos na ciência, principalmente quando associados a populações …

Objectives Quilombo remnants are relics of communities founded by runaway or abandoned
African slaves, but often with subsequent extensive and complex admixture patterns with …

Irregular light–dark cycles and circadian/sleep disturbances have been suggested as risk or
co-occurring factors in depression. Among a set of metrics developed to quantify strain on …