Genetic makeup of Hispanic/Latino Americans influenced by Native American, European and African-American ancestries
Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 22:41
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new study finds that the imprint of European colonialism and imperialism is evident in the genetic makeup of today's Hispanic/Latino American populations. Scientists discovered that Europeans, Native Americans, as well as West Africans brought to the US and Latin America by the trans-Atlantic slave trade, have influenced the genes of the current Hispanic/Latino populations. However, a large variation in genes among individuals within each population were still found to exist.
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