Sunday, May 26, 2013
Population structure of US Hispanics
Just a quick observation: the "Native American" components at K=4 and K=5 are probably partially Caucasoid. For example, at K=3, Puerto Ricans are 62% Caucasian, and this becomes 18% at K=5. This is due to the fact that the three "Native American" components at K=5 are actually mixes of a Caucasoid with a local Amerindian component.
As I explain here, ADMIXTURE increases the proportion of the "native" component in the absence of pure-blooded representatives of the indigenous inhabitants. Since the Taino are extinct, the "Native American 3" component is actually a hybrid of the Taino aborigines and Europeans.
PLoS Genet 8(4): e1002640. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002640
Population Structure of Hispanics in the United States: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Ani Manichaikul et al.... [via Dienekes]
As I explain here, ADMIXTURE increases the proportion of the "native" component in the absence of pure-blooded representatives of the indigenous inhabitants. Since the Taino are extinct, the "Native American 3" component is actually a hybrid of the Taino aborigines and Europeans.
PLoS Genet 8(4): e1002640. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002640
Population Structure of Hispanics in the United States: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Ani Manichaikul et al.... [via Dienekes]
