Navigating the temporal continuum of effective population size

K Nadachowska‐Brzyska, M Konczal… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Effective population size, Ne, is a key evolutionary parameter that determines the levels of
genetic variation and efficacy of selection. Estimation and interpretation of Ne are essential …

Toward a new history and geography of human genes informed by ancient DNA

JK Pickrell, D Reich - Trends in Genetics, 2014 - cell.com
Genetic information contains a record of the history of our species, and technological
advances have transformed our ability to access this record. Many studies have used …

[HTML][HTML] Human demographic history impacts genetic risk prediction across diverse populations

AR Martin, CR Gignoux, RK Walters, GL Wojcik… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
The vast majority of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are performed in
Europeans, and their transferability to other populations is dependent on many factors (eg …

Robust inference of population structure for ancestry prediction and correction of stratification in the presence of relatedness

MP Conomos, MB Miller, TA Thornton - Genetic epidemiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Population structure inference with genetic data has been motivated by a variety of
applications in population genetics and genetic association studies. Several approaches …

Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

PH Sudmant, S Mallick, BJ Nelson, F Hormozdiari… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Most studies of human genetic variation have focused on single-nucleotide
variants (SNVs). However, copy-number variants (CNVs) affect more base pairs of DNA …

Genetic diversity and association studies in US Hispanic/Latino populations: applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

MP Conomos, CA Laurie, AM Stilp, SM Gogarten… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
US Hispanic/Latino individuals are diverse in genetic ancestry, culture, and environmental
exposures. Here, we characterized and controlled for this diversity in genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated analysis of genetic ancestry and genomic alterations across cancers

J Yuan, Z Hu, BA Mahal, SD Zhao, KH Kensler, J Pi… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Disparities in cancer care have been a long-standing challenge. We estimated the genetic
ancestry of The Cancer Genome Atlas patients, and performed a pan-cancer analysis on the …

Genomic insights into the ancestry and demographic history of South America

JR Homburger, A Moreno-Estrada, CR Gignoux… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
South America has a complex demographic history shaped by multiple migration and
admixture events in pre-and post-colonial times. Settled over 14,000 years ago by Native …

Inferring the joint demographic history of multiple populations: beyond the diffusion approximation

J Jouganous, W Long, AP Ragsdale, S Gravel - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Patterns of genetic variation across populations are influenced by mutation, selection,
genetic drift, and migrations. Building models of evolution... Understanding variation in allele …

The gut microbiota of Colombians differs from that of Americans, Europeans and Asians

JS Escobar, B Klotz, BE Valdes, GM Agudelo - BMC microbiology, 2014 - Springer
Background The composition of the gut microbiota has recently been associated with health
and disease, particularly with obesity. Some studies suggested a higher proportion of …