Nathan S. Harris

Sharing of weak signals of positive selection across the genome

The paper develops a new method to assess shared weak selection signals across human populations using 1000 Genomes Phase 3 data, finding that weak selection increases population differences around coding regions.

Detecting shared independent selection

The paper develops a method to detect genomic regions with independent selection in two populations and identifies genes likely undergoing independent selection in different populations.

Genomic regions linked to soft sweeps approximate neutrality when inferring population history from site pattern frequencies

The paper examines how genomic regions under soft sweeps affect population history inferences using site pattern frequencies, finding small impacts despite differences between neutral and selected regions.