A tale of agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers: Exploring the thrifty genotype hypothesis in native South Americans

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: Reales, Guillermo, Rovaris, Diego L., Jacovas, Vanessa C., Hünemeier, Tábita, Sandoval, José R., Salazar Granara, Alcibiades, Demarchi, Dario, Tarazona Santos, Eduardo, Felkl, Aline B., Serafini, Michele A., Salzano, Francisco M., Bisso Machado, Rafael, Comas, David, Paixão Côrtes, Vanessa R., Bortolini, Maria Catira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc 2021
• Subjects: ADAPTATION; APOE; MODE OF SUBSISTENCE; PLEIOTROPY; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Genética y Herencia; Argentina; San Martín; Uruguay; Saqqaq
• Online Access: http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/63293; http://hdl.handle.net/11336/63293

Objectives: To determine genetic differences between agriculturalist and hunter-gatherer southern Native American populations for selected metabolism-related markers and to test whether Neel's thrifty genotype hypothesis (TGH) could explain the genetic patterns observed in these populations. Ma...