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SUMMARY:Following the steps of Native Americans: Using Y-chromosomal data t
 o infer ancient migration patterns through South America
DESCRIPTION:AbstractThe DNA of us modern individuals harbors information on
  our ancestors and the paths they took across and within continents. Altho
 ugh the study of prehistoric migration routes has fascinated researchers f
 or decades\, the migratory history of the initial settlers of South Americ
 a is still a subject of ongoing debate due to extensive population restruc
 turing events caused by the European colonization. In this talk\, I will p
 resent how we used Y-chromosomal genetic information of Latin Americans to
  infer distinct migration routes of the initial settlers of South America.
 \\r\\nBiosketch Zehra Köksal is a research associate at the Department o
 f Forensic Genetics within the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Basel\, w
 here she is involved in forensic genetic case work\, research and developm
 ent. Zehra received her PhD in Forensic and Population Genetics from Copen
 hagen University in 2024\, where she applied and developed laboratory and 
 computational methods to study South American populations and to determine
  biogeographic ancestries of individuals from admixed populations for fore
 nsic applications. In 2025\, Zehra was a Postdoc at Linköping University 
 and conducted research on genotype imputation and forensic phenotype predi
 ction.
X-ALT-DESC:<p><strong>Abstract</strong><br />The DNA of us modern individua
 ls harbors information on our ancestors and the paths they took across and
  within continents. Although the study of prehistoric migration routes has
  fascinated researchers for decades\, the migratory history of the initial
  settlers of South America is still a subject of ongoing debate due to ext
 ensive population restructuring events caused by the European colonization
 . In this talk\, I will present how we used Y-chromosomal genetic informat
 ion of Latin Americans to infer distinct migration routes of the initial s
 ettlers of South America.</p>\n<p><strong>Biosketch&nbsp\;</strong><br />Z
 ehra Köksal is a research associate at the Department of Forensic Genetic
 s within the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Basel\, where she is involv
 ed in forensic genetic case work\, research and development. Zehra receive
 d her PhD in Forensic and Population Genetics from Copenhagen University i
 n 2024\, where she applied and developed laboratory and computational meth
 ods to study South American populations and to determine biogeographic anc
 estries of individuals from admixed populations for forensic applications.
  In 2025\, Zehra was a Postdoc at Linköping University and conducted rese
 arch on genotype imputation and forensic phenotype prediction.</p>
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