Ancestry, diversity, and genetics of health-related traits in African-derived communities (quilombos) from Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Brazilian quilombos are communities formed by enslaved Africans and their descendants all over the country during slavery and shortly after its abolition. Quilombos harbor a great fraction of the largely unknown genetic diversity of the African diaspora in Brazil. Thus, genetic studies in quilombos have the potential to provide important insights not only into the African roots of the Brazilian population but also into the genetic bases of complex traits and human adaptation to diverse environments. This review summarizes the main results of genetic studies performed on quilombos so far. Here, we analyzed the patterns of African, Amerindian, European, and subcontinental ancestry (within Africa) of quilombos from the five different geographic regions of Brazil. In addition, uniparental mark

SUBMITTER: Joerin-Luque IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982798 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature