Genomic insights on the ethno-history of the Maya and the 'Ladinos' from Guatemala
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- 作者：Jens Söchtig ; Vanesa Álvarez-Iglesias ; Ana Mosquera-Miguel…
- 关键词：Mesoamerica ; Guatemala ; Maya ; Ladino ; mtDNA ; Y ; chromosome ; AIMs ; Autosomal SNPs ; Phylogeography
- 刊名：BMC Genomics
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2,446 KB
- 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Microarrays; Proteomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2164
文摘
Background Guatemala is a multiethnic and multilingual country located in Central America. The main population groups separate ‘Ladinos’ (mixed Native American-African-Spanish), and Native indigenous people of Maya descent. Among the present-day Guatemalan Maya, there are more than 20 different ethnic groups separated by different languages and cultures. Genetic variation of these communities still remains largely unexplored. The principal aim of this study is to explore the genetic variability of the Maya and ‘Ladinos’ from Guatemala by means of uniparental and ancestry informative markers (AIMs).