Sérgio Pena (geneticist)
Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena (born 17 October 1947 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian human geneticist and professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He began researching the population genetics of the Brazilian population in the late 1980s. His research on this subject has highlighted the ways that physical characteristics of Brazilians are often discordant with their genetic ancestry. On the basis of his research showing extensive genetic diversity in the Brazilian population, he has vocally advocated for the view that race is a social construct rather than a biological reality. For instance, he received significant media coverage when he led a research team which analyzed the genetic profiles of nine prominent black Brazilian celebrities in May 2007 for a project organized by BBC Brasil. The results showed that one of these celebrities, Neguinho da Beija-Flor, had predominantly (67%) European ancestry despite identifying as black. He was described as "one of Brazil’s best-known and most media-savvy geneticists" in a 2015 academic journal article. Provided by Wikipedia-
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2by Geraldo Brasileiro Filho, Sérgio Danilo Junho PenaGet access
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (1992)
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3by Eliane Machado Guimarães, Geraldo Brasileiro Filho, Sérgio Danilo Junho PenaGet access
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (1992)
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4by Helder Magno Silva Valadares, Juliana Ramos Pimenta, Marcela Segatto, Vanja Maria Veloso, Mônica Lúcia Gomes, Egler Chiari, Kenneth John Gollob, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Marta de Lana, Glória Regina Franco, Carlos Renato Machado, Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena, Andréa Mara MacedoGet access
Published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2012)
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5by Claudiney Melquíades Rodrigues, Helder Magno Silva Valadares, Amanda Fortes Francisco, Jerusa Marilda Arantes, Camila França Campos, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Márcio Sobreira Silva Araujo, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes, Egler Chiari, Glória Regina Franco, Carlos Renato Machado, Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena, Ana Maria Caetano Faria, Andréa Mara MacedoGet access
Published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2010)
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6by Danielle Gomes Passos Silva, Selma da Silva Santos, Sheila C Nardelli, Isabela Cecília Mendes, Anna Cláudia Guimarães Freire, Bruno Marçal Repolês, Bruno Carvalho Resende, Héllida Marina Costa-Silva, Verônica Santana da Silva, Karla Andrade de Oliveira, Camila Franco Batista Oliveira, Liza Figueiredo Felicori Vilela, Ronaldo Alves Pinto Nagem, Glória Regina Franco, Andrea Mara Macedo, Sergio Danilo Junho Pena, Erich Birelli Tahara, Policarpo Ademar Sales Junior, Douglas Souza Moreira, Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira, Richard McCulloch, Stela Virgilio, Luiz Ricardo Orsini Tosi, Sergio Schenkman, Luciana Oliveira Andrade, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Carlos Renato MachadoGet access
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2018)
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