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Genetic Evidence Supports the Multiethnic Character of Teopancazco, a Neighborhood Center of Teotihuacan, Mexico (AD 200-600)
Álvarez-Sandoval, Brenda A. (Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Guanajuato, Mèxic). Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad)
Manzanilla, Linda R. (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas)
González Ruiz, Mercedes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Malgosa Morera, Assumpció (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Montiel, Rafael (Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Guanajuato, Mèxic). Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad)

Date: 2015
Abstract: Multiethnicity in Teopancazco, Teotihuacan, is supported by foreign individuals found in the neighborhood center as well as by the diversity observed in funerary rituals at the site. Studies of both stable and strontium isotopes as well as paleodietary analysis, suggest that the population of Teopancazco was composed by three population groups: people from Teotihuacan, people from nearby sites (Tlaxcala-Hidalgo-Puebla), and people from afar, including the coastal plains. In an attempt to understand the genetic dynamics in Teopancazco we conducted an ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis based on mtDNA. Our results show that the level of genetic diversity is consistent with the multiethnicity phenomenon at the neighborhood center. Levels of genetic diversity at different time periods of Teopancazco's history show that multiethnicity was evident since the beginning and lasted until the collapse of the neighborhood center. However, a PCA and a Neighbor-Joining tree suggested the presence of a genetically differentiated group (buried at the Transitional phase) compared to the population from the initial phase (Tlamimilolpa) as well as the population from the final phase (Xolalpan) of the history of Teopancazco. Genetic studies showed no differences in genetic diversity between males and females in the adult population of Teopancazco, this data along with ample archaeological evidence, suggest a neolocal post-marital pattern of residence in Teopancazco. Nevertheless, genetic analyses on the infant population showed that the males are significantly more heterogeneous than the females suggesting a possible differential role in cultural practices by sex in the infant sector. Regarding interpopulation analysis, we found similar indices of genetic diversity between Teopancazco and heterogeneous native groups, which support the multiethnic character of Teopancazco. Finally, our data showed a close genetic relationship between Teopancazco and populations from the "Teotihuacan corridor" and from Oaxaca and the Maya region, in agreement with previous archaeological evidence.
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Population genetics ; Haplogroups ; Infants ; Paleogenetics ; Haplotypes ; Phylogenetic analysis ; Archaeology ; Mitochondria
Published in: PloS one, Vol. 10, Issue 7 (July 2015) , p. e0132371, ISSN 1932-6203

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132371
PMID: 26200455


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