Transcriptome and genome sequencing uncovers functional variation in humans
- T. Lappalainen, M. Sammeth, E. Dermitzakis
- BiologyNature
- 1 September 2013
Se sequencing and deep analysis of messenger RNA and microRNA from lymphoblastoid cell lines of 462 individuals from the 1000 Genomes Project—the first uniformly processed high-throughput RNA-sequencing data from multiple human populations with high-quality genome sequences discover extremely widespread genetic variation affecting the regulation of most genes.
The making of the African mtDNA landscape.
- A. Salas, M. Richards, Á. Carracedo
- BiologyAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
- 1 November 2002
The results suggest that the southeast Bantu speakers have a composite origin on the maternal line of descent, with approximately 44% of lineages deriving from West Africa, approximately 21% from either West or Central Africa, Approximately 30% from East Africa, and approximately 5% from southern African Khoisan-speaking groups.
Synaptic, transcriptional, and chromatin genes disrupted in autism
- S. De Rubeis, Xin He, J. Buxbaum
- BiologyNature
- 29 October 2014
Using exome sequencing, it is shown that analysis of rare coding variation in 3,871 autism cases and 9,937 ancestry-matched or parental controls implicates 22 autosomal genes at a false discovery rate of < 0.05, plus a set of 107 genes strongly enriched for those likely to affect risk (FDR < 0.30).
Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia
- H. Stefánsson, R. Ophoff, D. Collier
- Psychology, MedicineNature
- 6 August 2009
Findings implicating the MHC region are consistent with an immune component to schizophrenia risk, whereas the association with NRGN and TCF4 points to perturbation of pathways involved in brain development, memory and cognition.
Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism
- F. Satterstrom, J. Kosmicki, R. Walters
- Biology, PsychologyCell
- 30 November 2018
Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing
- B. Kunkle, B. Grenier‐Boley, M. Pericak-Vance
- BiologyNature Genetics
- 28 February 2019
A large genome-wide association meta-analysis of clinically diagnosed late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) from 94,437 individuals identifies new LOAD risk loci and implicates Aβ formation, tau protein binding, immune response and lipid metabolism.
Reconstructing Native American Population History
- D. Reich, N. Patterson, A. Ruiz-Linares
- BiologyNature
- 16 August 2012
It is shown that the initial peopling followed a southward expansion facilitated by the coast, with sequential population splits and little gene flow after divergence, especially in South America.
Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci
- K. Michailidou, S. Lindström, D. Easton
- BiologyNature
- 23 October 2017
A genome-wide association study of breast cancer in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry and 14,068 cases and 13,104 controls of East Asian ancestry finds that heritability of Breast cancer due to all single-nucleotide polymorphisms in regulatory features was 2–5-fold enriched relative to the genome- wide average.
Supercomplex Assembly Determines Electron Flux in the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain
- Esther Lapuente-Brun, R. Moreno-Loshuertos, J. Enríquez
- ChemistryScience
- 28 June 2013
By genetic modulation of interactions between complexes I and III andIII and IV, it is shown that these associations define dedicated CoQ and cyt c pools and that SC assembly is dynamic and organizes electron flux to optimize the use of available substrates.
The African diaspora: mitochondrial DNA and the Atlantic slave trade.
- A. Salas, M. Richards, Á. Carracedo
- HistoryAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
- 1 March 2004
The results show that mtDNAs in America and Eurasia can, in many cases, be traced to broad geographical regions within Africa, largely in accordance with historical evidence, and raise the possibility that a greater resolution may be possible in the future.
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