Table 2. Description of molecular marker panels used to estimate the genetic ancestry in the selected studies from different Brazilian regions.

Geographic region	Number of samples	Type of marker	Number of markers	Mean of Ancestry						REFERENCES
				EUR	EUR (weighted)	AFR	AFR (weighted)	AME	AME (weighted)
CW	84	INDEL	46	59	NA	26	NA	15	NA	5
	801	SNP	12 - 28	66	63.4	23	24.3	12	12.3	1,3,4
N	1622	INDEL	40 - 48	53	53.3	19	20.0	28	26.7	5, 7,8,9,10,11,12,13
	507	SNP	8 - 48	42	42.7	24	22.0	30	35.4	6, 18
	681	STR	4 - 12	59	57.8	20	18.4	21	24.0	16,17,19
NE	2245	INDEL	9 - 46	63*	62.9	25	28.3	11	8.9	5, 7, 13, 23, 24, 26 ,32
	3528	SNP	8 - 331,790	49*	48.7	29	34.5	21	16.7	21, 22, 25, 30, 33
	380	STR	4 - 8	51	51.1	26	26.5	24	22.4	26, 31
S	7116	INDEL	40 - 48	80	84.8	10	4.3	9	8.9	5, 7, 9, 34
	3736	SNP	331,790	76	NA	16	NA	8	NA	25
	226	STR	12	82	NA	11	NA	7	NA	17
SE	4552	INDEL	40 - 61	71	72.7	19	17.8	9	8.4	5, 7, 13, 23, 36, 37, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
	3202	SNP	14 - 331,790	65	73.4	25	18.5	8	7.1	25, 39, 40, 42, 43,45
	746	STR	18 - 34	71	72.1	24	23.3	5	4.6	17, 35, 41

NA - not applicable. * Statistically significant differences in the ancestry estimates related to type of marker (Spearman’s correlation test, P < 0.05). References: 1. Lins et al., 2011a; 3. Benedet et al., 2012; 4. Lins et al., 2011b; 5. Manta et al., 2013b; 6. Cardoso et al., 2014; 7. Pena et al., 2011; 8. Pereira et al., 2012; 9. Santos et al., 2010; 10. Carvalho et al., 2015; 11. Vieira et al., 2015; 12. Vieira-Machado et al., 2016; 13. Brito et al., 2011; 14. Cassiano et al., 2015; 15. Francez et al., 2011; 16. Francez et al., 2012; 17. Callegari-Jacques et al., 2003; 18. Kano et al., 2016; 19. França, 2005; 21. Silva et al., 2015; 22. Mychaleckyj et al., 2017; 23. Aquino et al., 2014; 24. do Rego Borges et al., 2015; 25. Kehdy et al., 2015; 26. Teló, 2010; 30. Nascimento et al., 2016; 31. Ferreira et al., 2002; 32. Lopes et al., 2014; 33. Coelho et al., 2015; 34. Wagner et al., 2016; 35. Scliar et al., 2009; 36. Rolim et al., 2016; 37. Brito et al., 2012; 39. Silva et al., 2010; 40. Queiroz et al., 2013; 41. Martins et al., 2011; 42. Nastri et al., 2016; 43. Bermardez-Pereira et al., 2016; 44. Cardena et al., 2013; 45. Guindalini et al., 2010; 47. Ramos et al., 2016; 48. Souza et al., 2015; 49. Manta et al., 2013a; 50. Santos et al., 2009; 51. Suarez-Kurtz et al., 2007.