Francisco M. Salzano

Research interests

Publications

• A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08147-0

• Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance

  Nature Communications · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07748-z

• A genome-wide association scan implicates DCHS2, RUNX2, GLI3, PAX1 and EDAR in human facial variation

  Nature Communications · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11616

• A genome-wide association scan in admixed Latin Americans identifies loci influencing facial and scalp hair features

  Nature Communications · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10815

• Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas

  Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14895

• Interethnic admixture and the evolution of Latin American populations

  Genetics and Molecular Biology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1590/s1415-47572014000200003

• Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals

  PLoS Genetics · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572

• Reconstructing Native American population history

  Nature · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11258

• A functional ABCA1 gene variant is associated with low HDL-cholesterol levels and shows evidence of positive selection in Native Americans

  Human Molecular Genetics · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddq173

• Mitochondrial Population Genomics Supports a Single Pre-Clovis Origin with a Coastal Route for the Peopling of the Americas

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.11.013

• Geographic Patterns of Genome Admixture in Latin American Mestizos

  PLoS Genetics · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000037

• Statistical evaluation of alternative models of human evolution

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0708280104

• Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans

  PLoS Genetics · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0030185

• A Genomewide Admixture Map for Latino Populations

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1086/518313

• Y-Chromosome Evidence for Differing Ancient Demographic Histories in the Americas

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1086/377588

• The Evolution and Genetics of Latin American Populations

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511666100

• A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence data

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.5.1866

• STUDIES ON THE XAVANTE INDIANS OF THE BRAZILIAN MATO GROSSO.

  PubMed · 1964

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