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List of works by Víctor Acuña-Alonzo

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

scientific article published in Nature Communications

A GWAS in Latin Americans identifies novel face shape loci, implicating VPS13B and a Denisovan introgressed region in facial variation

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

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

scientific article (publication date: March 2016)

A genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci for variation in human ear morphology

scientific article

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

scientific article (publication date: 25 September 2014)

Correction: Evolutionary Responses to a Constructed Niche: Ancient Mesoamericans as a Model of Gene-Culture Coevolution

scientific article

Correction: Socioeconomic Status Is Not Related with Facial Fluctuating Asymmetry: Evidence from Latin-American Populations.

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Developmental pathways inferred from modularity, morphological integration and fluctuating asymmetry patterns in the human face.

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Differing evolutionary histories of the ACTN3*R577X polymorphism among the major human geographic groups

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Erratum: Corrigendum: Reconstructing Native American population history

scientific article published in Nature

Evolutionary responses to a constructed niche: ancient Mesoamericans as a model of gene-culture coevolution

scientific article

Facial asymmetry and genetic ancestry in Latin American admixed populations.

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) variants and craniofacial variation in Amerindians and related populations

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Genetic diversity of the HLA system in human populations from the Sierra (Andean), Oriente (Amazonian) and Costa (Coastal) regions of Ecuador

scholarly article by Juan M. Galarza et al published September 2018 in Human Immunology

Historic Treponema pallidum genomes from Colonial Mexico retrieved from archaeological remains.

scientific article

Implications of the admixture process in skin color molecular assessment

scientific article

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

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Obesity, genomic ancestry, and socioeconomic variables in Latin American mestizos

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Origin and Health Status of First-Generation Africans from Early Colonial Mexico

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Reconstructing Native American population history

scientific article

Socioeconomic Status Is Not Related with Facial Fluctuating Asymmetry: Evidence from Latin-American Populations.

scientific article

The immunogenetic diversity of the HLA system in Mexico correlates with underlying population genetic structure

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

The impact of socioeconomic and phenotypic traits on self-perception of ethnicity in Latin America

scientific article published in 2021