Temporal changes in genetic admixture are linked to heterozygosity and health diagnoses in humans
Mautz, B. S.; Hellwege, J.; Li, C.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, S.; Denny, J. C.; Roden, D.; McGregor, T. L.; Velez Edwards, D. R.; Edwards, T. L.
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Reproduction between individuals from different ancestral populations creates genetically admixed offspring. Admixture can have positive and negative impacts on individual health, feeding back to population health. Historical and forced migrations, and recent mobility, have brought formerly disparate populations of humans together. Here we sought to better understand how temporal changes in genetic admixture influence levels of heterozygosity and health outcomes. We evaluated variation in ancestry over 100 birth years in 35,842 individuals from a genetic database linked to health records in a population in the Southeastern United States. Analysis of 2,678 ancestrally informative markers revealed increased admixture and heterozygosity for all clinically-defined race groups since 1990. Most groups also exhibited increasing long-range linkage disequilibrium over time. A phenome-wide association study of clinical outcomes detected protective associations with female reproductive disorders and increased risk for diseases with links to autoimmunity dysfunction. These mixed effects have important ramifications for human health.
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