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Ellen Leffler

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:human· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Inferring adaptive gene-flow in recent African history

George Busby, Ryan Christ, Gavin Band, Ellen Leffler, Quang Si Le, Kirk Rockett, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Chris Spencer

The paper identifies ancestry deviation regions in sub-Saharan African populations to infer recent adaptive gene-flow contributing to traits like lactose persistence and malaria resistance.

bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Stable recombination hotspots in birds

Sonal Singhal, Ellen Leffler, Keerthi Sannareddy, Isaac Turner, Oliver Venn, Daniel Hooper, Alva Strand, Qiye Li, Brian Raney, Christopher Balakrishnan, Simon Griffith, Gil McVean, Molly Przeworski

The paper identifies recombination hotspots in two bird species, finding they are shared between species and enriched near CpG islands and transcription start sites.

bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2015Evolutionary Biology