Selected Publications (2012 – 2020):
For a complete list, please see Tábita Hünemeier’s Google Scholar Profile.
Lab members are listed in bold.
2020
2019
Adhikari K, Mendoza-Revilla J, Sohail A, Fuentes-Guajardo M, Lampert J, Chacón-Duque JC, Hurtado M, Villegas V, Granja V, Acuña-Alonzo V, Jaramillo C, Arias W, Lozano RB, Everardo P, Gómez-Valdés J, Villamil-Ramírez H, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Hünemeier T, Ramallo V, Schuler-Faccini L, Salzano FM, Gonzalez-José R, Bortolini MC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Gallo C, Poletti G, Bedoya G, Rothhammer F, Tobin DJ, Fumagalli M, Balding D, Ruiz-Linares A. A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia. Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 21;10(1):358. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08147-0.
Chacón-Duque JC, Adhikari K, Fuentes-Guajardo M, Mendoza-Revilla J, Acuña-Alonzo V, Barquera R, Quinto-Sánchez M, Gómez-Valdés J, Everardo Martínez P, Villamil-Ramírez H, Hünemeier T, Ramallo V, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Hurtado M, Villegas V, Granja V, Villena M, Vásquez R, Llop E, Sandoval JR, Salazar-Granara AA, Parolin ML, Sandoval K, Peñaloza-Espinosa RI, Rangel-Villalobos H, Winkler CA, Klitz W, Bravi C, Molina J, Corach D, Barrantes R, Gomes V, Resende C, Gusmão L, Amorim A, Xue Y, Dugoujon JM, Moral P, González-José R, Schuler-Faccini L, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Poletti G, Gallo C, Bedoya G, Rothhammer F, Balding D, Hellenthal G, Ruiz-Linares A. Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance. Nat Commun. 2018 Dec 19;9(1):5388. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07748-z.
2018
Posth C, Nakatsuka N, Lazaridis I, Skoglund P, Mallick S, Lamnidis TC, Rohland N, Nägele K, Adamski N, Bertolini E, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Cooper A, Culleton BJ, Ferraz T, Ferry M, Furtwängler A, Haak W, Harkins K, Harper TK, Hünemeier T, Lawson AM, Llamas B, Michel M, Nelson E, Oppenheimer J, Patterson N, Schiffels S, Sedig J, Stewardson K, Talamo S, Wang CC, Hublin JJ, Hubbe M, Harvati K, Nuevo Delaunay A, Beier J, Francken M, Kaulicke P, Reyes-Centeno H, Rademaker K, Trask WR, Robinson M, Gutierrez SM, Prufer KM, Salazar-García DC, Chim EN, Müller Plumm Gomes L, Alves ML, Liryo A, Inglez M, Oliveira RE, Bernardo DV, Barioni A, Wesolowski V, Scheifler NA, Rivera MA, Plens CR, Messineo PG, Figuti L, Corach D, Scabuzzo C, Eggers S, DeBlasis P, Reindel M, Méndez C, Politis G, Tomasto-Cagigao E, Kennett DJ, Strauss A, Fehren-Schmitz L, Krause J, Reich D. Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America. Cell. 2018 Nov 15;175(5):1185-1197.e22. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.027. Epub 2018 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 30415837; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6327247.
Jacovas VC, Couto-Silva CM, Nunes K, Lemes RB, de Oliveira MZ, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Hünemeier T. Selection scan reveals three new loci related to high altitude adaptation in Native Andeans. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 24;8(1):12733. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31100-6.
Ferraz T, Rossoni DM, Althoff SL, Pissinatti A, Paixão-Cortês VR, Bortolini MC, González-José R, Marroig G, Salzano FM, Gonçalves GL, Hünemeier T. Contrasting patterns of RUNX2 repeat variations are associated with palate shape in phyllostomid bats and New World primates. Sci Rep. 2018 May 18;8(1):7867. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26225-7. PMC5959863.
2017
de Azevedo S, González MF, Cintas C, Ramallo V, Quinto-Sánchez M, Márquez F, Hünemeier T, Paschetta C, Ruderman A, Navarro P, Pazos BA, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Velan O, Ramírez-Rozzi F, Calvo N, Castro HG, Paz RR, González-José R. Nasal airflow simulations suggest convergent adaptation in Neanderthals and modern humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Nov 21;114(47):12442-12447. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703790114.
Bampi GB, Bisso-Machado R, Hünemeier T, Gheno TC, Furtado GV, Veliz-Otani D, Cornejo-Olivas M, Mazzeti P, Bortolini MC, Jardim LB, Saraiva-Pereira ML; Rede Neurogenetica. Haplotype Study in SCA10 Families Provides Further Evidence for a Common Ancestral Origin of the Mutation. Neuromolecular Med. 2017 Dec;19(4):501-509. doi: 10.1007/s12017-017-8464-8.
Amorim CE, Nunes K, Meyer D, Comas D, Bortolini MC, Salzano FM, Hünemeier T. Genetic signature of natural selection in first Americans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Feb 28;114(9):2195-2199. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620541114.
2016
Adhikari K, Fuentes-Guajardo M, Quinto-Sánchez M, Mendoza-Revilla J, Camilo Chacón-Duque J, Acuña-Alonzo V, Jaramillo C, Arias W, Lozano RB, Pérez GM, Gómez-Valdés J, Villamil-Ramírez H, Hünemeier T, Ramallo V, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Hurtado M, Villegas V, Granja V, Gallo C, Poletti G, Schuler-Faccini L, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Cheeseman M, Rosique J, Bedoya G, Rothhammer F, Headon D, González-José R, Balding D, Ruiz-Linares A. A genome-wide association scan implicates DCHS2, RUNX2, GLI3, PAX1 and EDAR in human facial variation. Nat Commun. 2016 May 19;7:11616. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11616.
Adhikari K, Fontanil T, Cal S, Mendoza-Revilla J, Fuentes-Guajardo M, Chacón-Duque JC, Al-Saadi F, Johansson JA, Quinto-Sanchez M, Acuña-Alonzo V, Jaramillo C, Arias W, Barquera Lozano R, Macín Pérez G, Gómez-Valdés J, Villamil-Ramírez H, Hünemeier T, Ramallo V, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Hurtado M, Villegas V, Granja V, Gallo C, Poletti G, Schuler-Faccini L, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Rothhammer F, Bedoya G, Gonzalez-José R, Headon D, López-Otín C, Tobin DJ, Balding D, Ruiz-Linares A. A genome-wide association scan in admixed Latin Americans identifies loci influencing facial and scalp hair features. Nat Commun. 2016 Mar 1;7:10815. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10815.
Bisso-Machado R, Ramallo V, Paixão-Côrtes VR, Acuña-Alonzo V, Demarchi DA, Sandoval JR, Granara AA, Salzano FM, Hünemeier T, Bortolini MC. NAT2 gene diversity and its evolutionary trajectory in the Americas. Pharmacogenomics J. 2016 Nov;16(6):559-565. doi: 10.1038/tpj.2015.72.
2015
Skoglund P, Mallick S, Bortolini MC, Chennagiri N, Hünemeier T, Petzl-Erler ML, Salzano FM, Patterson N, Reich D. Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas. Nature. 2015 Sep 3;525(7567):104-8. doi: 10.1038/nature14895.
Hünemeier T, Bisso-Machado R, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC. Native American ancestry leads to complexity in 5-HTTLPR polymorphism association studies. Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Jun;20(6):659-60. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.39.
Amorim CE, Acuña-Alonzo V, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Hünemeier T. Differing evolutionary histories of the ACTN3*R577X polymorphism among the major human geographic groups. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 23;10(2):e0115449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115449
Boquett J, Schüler-Faccini L, Jobim LF, Jobim M, Fagundes NJ, Hünemeier T. Self-assessment of color categories and its relationship with HLA profiling in Brazilian bone marrow donors. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Jun;21(6):1140-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.02.019.
2014
Ruiz-Linares A, Adhikari K, Acuña-Alonzo V, Quinto-Sanchez M, Jaramillo C, Arias W, Fuentes M, Pizarro M, Everardo P, de Avila F, Gómez-Valdés J, León-Mimila P, Hünemeier T, Ramallo V, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Burley MW, Konca E, de Oliveira MZ, Veronez MR, Rubio-Codina M, Attanasio O, Gibbon S, Ray N, Gallo C, Poletti G, Rosique J, Schuler-Faccini L, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Rothhammer F, Bedoya G, Balding D, Gonzalez-José R. Admixture in Latin America: geographic structure, phenotypic diversity and self-perception of ancestry based on 7,342 individuals. PLoS Genet. 2014 Sep 25;10(9):e1004572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004572.
Hünemeier T, Gómez-Valdés J, De Azevedo S, Quinto-Sánchez M, Passaglia L, Salzano FM, Sánchez-Mejorada G, Alonzo VA, Martínez-Abadías N, Bortolini MC, González-José R. FGFR1 signaling is associated with the magnitude of morphological integration in human head shape. Am J Hum Biol. 2014 Mar-Apr;26(2):164-75. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22496.
2013
Paixão-Côrtes VR, Viscardi LH, Salzano FM, Cátira Bortolini M, Hünemeier T. The cognitive ability of extinct hominins: bringing down the hierarchy using genomic evidences. Am J Hum Biol. 2013 Sep-Oct;25(5):702-5. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22426.
Amorim CE, Bisso-Machado R, Ramallo V, Bortolini MC, Bonatto SL, Salzano FM, Hünemeier T. A bayesian approach to genome/linguistic relationships in native South Americans. PLoS One. 2013 May 16;8(5):e64099. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064099. Print 2013
Bisso-Machado R, Ramallo V, Tarazona-Santos E, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Hünemeier T. Brief communication: 5-HTTLPR genetic diversity and mode of subsistence in Native Americans. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2013 Jul;151(3):492-4. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22286. Epub 2013 May 17.
Ramallo V, Bisso-Machado R, Bravi C, Coble MD, Salzano FM, Hünemeier T, Bortolini MC. Demographic expansions in South America: enlightening a complex scenario with genetic and linguistic data. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2013 Mar;150(3):453-63. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22219.
2012
Reich D, Patterson N, Campbell D, Tandon A, Mazieres S, Ray N, Parra MV, Rojas W, Duque C, Mesa N, García LF, Triana O, Blair S, Maestre A, Dib JC, Bravi CM, Bailliet G, Corach D, Hünemeier T, Bortolini MC, Salzano FM, Petzl-Erler ML, Acuña-Alonzo V, Aguilar-Salinas C, Canizales-Quinteros S, Tusié-Luna T, Riba L, Rodríguez-Cruz M, Lopez-Alarcón M, Coral-Vazquez R, Canto-Cetina T, Silva-Zolezzi I, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Contreras AV, Jimenez-Sanchez G, Gómez-Vázquez MJ, Molina J, Carracedo A, Salas A, Gallo C, Poletti G, Witonsky DB, Alkorta-Aranburu G, Sukernik RI, Osipova L, Fedorova SA, Vasquez R, Villena M, Moreau C, Barrantes R, Pauls D, Excoffier L, Bedoya G, Rothhammer F, Dugoujon JM, Larrouy G, Klitz W, Labuda D, Kidd J, Kidd K, Di Rienzo A, Freimer NB, Price AL, Ruiz-Linares A. Reconstructing Native American population history. Nature. 2012 Aug 16;488(7411):370-4. doi: 10.1038/nature11258. Erratum in: Nature. 2012 Nov 8;491(7423):288.
Hünemeier T, Amorim CE, Azevedo S, Contini V, Acuña-Alonzo V, Rothhammer F, Dugoujon JM, Mazières S, Barrantes R, Villarreal-Molina MT, Paixão-Côrtes VR, Salzano FM, Canizales-Quinteros S, Ruiz-Linares A, Bortolini MC. Evolutionary responses to a constructed niche: ancient Mesoamericans as a model of gene-culture coevolution. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038862
Hünemeier T, Gómez-Valdés J, Ballesteros-Romero M, de Azevedo S, Martínez-Abadías N, Esparza M, Sjøvold T, Bonatto SL, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, González-José R. Cultural diversification promotes rapid phenotypic evolution in Xavánte Indians. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jan 3;109(1):73-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1118967109.