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Charith Karunarathna

Simon Fraser University

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1

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An exploration of linkage fine-mapping on sequences from case-control studies

Payman Nickchi, Charith Karunarathna, Jinko Graham

This paper explores sequence-based linkage analysis for fine-mapping disease traits, showing improved localization compared to genotypic-association methods for rare variants.

Genetic Epidemiology · Sep 1, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics

perfectphyloR: An R package for reconstructing perfect phylogenies

Charith Karunarathna, Jinko Graham

The paper introduces an R package for reconstructing perfect phylogenies from binary sequences and demonstrates its functionality for analyzing ancestral structure.

BMC Bioinformatics · Dec 1, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics

Using gene genealogies to localize rare variants associated with complex traits in diploid populations

Charith Karunarathna, Jinko Graham

The paper compares methods for localizing causal variants in diploid populations using coalescent simulations, finding that genealogy-based approaches perform better than naive methods.

Human Heredity · Jan 1, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics