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Luiza T. Tsuneto
Researcher at Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Publications - 55
Citations - 2348
Luiza T. Tsuneto is an academic researcher from Universidade Estadual de Maringá. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Human leukocyte antigen. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 53 publications receiving 2239 citations. Previous affiliations of Luiza T. Tsuneto include Federal University of Paraná.
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Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans
Sijia Wang,Cecil M. Lewis,Mattias Jakobsson,Sohini Ramachandran,Nicolas Ray,Gabriel Bedoya,Winston Rojas,María Victoria Parra,Julio Molina,Carla Gallo,Guido Mazzotti,Giovanni Poletti,Kim Hill,A. M. Hurtado,Damian Labuda,William Klitz,Ramiro Barrantes,Maria Cátira Bortolini,Francisco M. Salzano,Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler,Luiza T. Tsuneto,Elena Llop,Francisco Rothhammer,Francisco Rothhammer,Laurent Excoffier,Marcus W. Feldman,Noah A. Rosenberg,Andres Ruiz-Linares +27 more
TL;DR: Evidence is observed of a higher level of diversity and lower level of population structure in western South America compared to eastern South America, a relative lack of differentiation between Mesoamerican and Andean populations, and a partial agreement on a local scale between genetic similarity and the linguistic classification of populations.
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Geographic Patterns of Genome Admixture in Latin American Mestizos
Sijia Wang,Nicolas Ray,Winston Rojas,María Victoria Parra,Gabriel Bedoya,Carla Gallo,Giovanni Poletti,Guido Mazzotti,Kim Hill,A. M. Hurtado,Beatriz Camrena,Humberto Nicolini,William Klitz,Ramiro Barrantes,Julio Molina,Nelson B. Freimer,Maria Cátira Bortolini,Francisco M. Salzano,Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler,Luiza T. Tsuneto,José E. Dipierri,Emma L. Alfaro,Graciela Bailliet,Néstor O. Bianchi,Elena Llop,Francisco Rothhammer,Francisco Rothhammer,Laurent Excoffier,Andres Ruiz-Linares +28 more
TL;DR: An analysis of admixture in thirteen Mestizo populations from seven countries in Latin America based on data for 678 autosomal and 29 X-chromosome microsatellites found extensive variation in Native American and European ancestry among populations and individuals and evidence that admixture across Latin America has often involved predominantly European men and both Native and African women.
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Y-Chromosome Evidence for Differing Ancient Demographic Histories in the Americas
Maria Cátira Bortolini,Francisco Mauro Salzano,Mark G. Thomas,Steven Stuart,Selja P. K. Nasanen,Claiton H.D. Bau,Mara H. Hutz,Zulay Layrisse,Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler,Luiza T. Tsuneto,Kim Hill,A. M. Hurtado,Dinorah C. Castro-de-Guerra,Maria Mercedes Torres,Helena Groot,Roman Michalski,Pagbajabyn Nymadawa,Gabriel Bedoya,Neil Bradman,Damian Labuda,Andres Ruiz-Linares,Andres Ruiz-Linares +21 more
TL;DR: Age estimates based on Y-chromosome microsatellite diversity place the initial settlement of the American continent at approximately 14,000 years ago, in relative agreement with the age of well-established archaeological evidence.
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HLA polymorphism and evaluation of European, African, and Amerindian contribution to the white and mulatto populations from Paraná, Brazil.
Christian Probst,Eni Picchioni Bompeixe,Noemi F. Pereira,de O Dalalio Mm,Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer,Luiza T. Tsuneto,Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler +6 more
TL;DR: A better picture is provided of Paraná's ethnic constitution and on the Amerindian contribution to the white and mulatto populations.
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HLA class II diversity in seven Amerindian populations. Clues about the origins of the Aché.
Luiza T. Tsuneto,Christian Probst,Mara H. Hutz,Francisco M. Salzano,Luis A. Rodriguez-Delfin,Marco Antonio Zago,Kim Hill,A. M. Hurtado,Arthur Ribeiro-dos-Santos,Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler +9 more
TL;DR: On the basis of genetic distance and the HLA allele/haplotype set, it is proposed that the Aché are differentiated Tupi-Guarani group, most closely related to the Guarani-M'byá.