Genomic insights into the recent population history of Mapuche Native Americans
Lucas Vicuña, Anastasia Mikhailova, Tomás Norambuena, Anna Vasil'evna Il'ina, Olga Klimenkova, Vladimir Shchur, S. Eyheramendy
This study uses genomic data to analyze the recent population history of the Mapuche, finding shared ancestry with Southern Patagonia and Central Chile populations, a population bottleneck around 1650 AD, and post-admixture adaptation in Chileans.
bioRxiv · Nov 25, 2021 · PreprintGenetics