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Megan Null

University of Colorado Denver

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Genetics· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Genomics· 1

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:variant calling· 3 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Assay:whole-exome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1

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Audrey E. HendricksiD· 4 shared Christopher R. GignouxiD· 2 shared Alexandria Ronco· 1 shared Benedikt HallgrímssoniD· 1 shared David P. AstlingiD· 1 shared Feyza YilmaziD· 1 shared Gregory Matesi· 1 shared Hung‐Chun YuiD· 1 shared

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RAREsim2: Flexible simulation of rare variant genetic data using real haplotypes

Jessica I. Murphy, Ryan Barnard, Megan Null, Audrey E. Hendricks

RAREsim2 simulates rare variant genetic data using real haplotypes, demonstrating its utility across association methods and genetic scenarios.

Bioinformatics · May 1, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

RAREsim: A simulation method for very rare genetic variants

Megan Null, Josée Dupuis, Pezhman Sheinidashtegol, Ryan M. Layer, Christopher R. Gignoux, Audrey E. Hendricks

RAREsim simulates rare genetic variants using real data parameters and annotations to improve method evaluation for complex trait studies.

The American Journal of Human Genetics · Mar 16, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics

Summix: A method for detecting and adjusting for population structure in genetic summary data

Ian Arriaga Mackenzie, Gregory Matesi, Samuel Chen, Alexandria Ronco, Katie M. Marker, Jordan R. Hall, Ryan Scherenberg, Mobin Khajeh-Sharafabadi, Yinfei Wu, Christopher R. Gignoux, Megan Null, Audrey E. Hendricks

Summix adjusts for population structure in genetic summary data to improve accuracy of ancestry-proportion estimates and allele frequencies.

The American Journal of Human Genetics · Jun 21, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics

Genome-wide Copy Number Variations in a Large Cohort of Bantu African Children

Feyza Yilmaz, Megan Null, David P. Astling, Hung‐Chun Yu, Joanne B. Cole, Stephanie A. Santorico, Benedikt Hallgrímsson, Mange Festo Manyama, Richard A. Spritz, Audrey E. Hendricks, Tamim H. Shaikh

This study identifies over 400,000 CNVs in 3400 Bantu African children, highlighting common CNVs overlapping disease-associated genes and providing a large dataset for African ancestry CNV research.

BMC Medical Genomics · May 17, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics