The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about ad 750–
1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history 1, 2. Here we sequenced the genomes …

Coupling dense genotype data with new computational methods offers unprecedented
opportunities for individual-level ancestry estimation once geographically precisely defined …

Aims/hypothesis Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common complication of
pregnancy that has substantial short-and long-term adverse health implications for women …

European populations display low genetic differentiation as the result of long-term blending
of their ancient founding ancestries. However, it is unclear how the combination of ancient …

Genetic variants in the genomic region containing SORT1 (encoding the protein sortilin) are
strongly associated with cholesterol levels and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Previous genetic studies have identified local population structure within the Netherlands;
however their resolution is limited by use of unlinked markers and absence of external …

Hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) is an inborn error of fructose metabolism of autosomal
recessive inheritance caused by pathogenic variants in the ALDOB gene that lead to …

It is often claimed that humanity has stopped evolving because modern medicine erased all
selection on survival. Even if that would be true, and it is not, there would be other …

Purpose Yearly incidence of surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation varies and is
29/100,000 in Sweden, 46/100,000 in Denmark and 58/100,000 in Norway. This variation …

Motivation Structure methods are highly used population genetic methods for classifying
individuals in a sample fractionally into discrete ancestry components. Contribution We …