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Nick J Patterson

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

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Alkes L Price· 2 shared Po-Ru LohiD· 2 shared David E. Reich· 1 shared Gaurav Bhatia· 1 shared Kevin Galinsky· 1 shared Kevin J Galinsky· 1 shared Molly PrzeworskiiD· 1 shared Priya MoorjaniiD· 1 shared

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Alkes L Price

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Population structure of UK Biobank and ancient Eurasians reveals adaptation at genes influencing blood pressure

Kevin Galinsky, Po-Ru Loh, Swapan Mallick, Nick J Patterson, Alkes L Price

The paper uses UK Biobank and ancient Eurasian data to identify genetic adaptations linked to blood pressure, finding significant selection signals at FUT2, CYP1A2/CSK, and ATXN2/SH2B3.

bioRxiv · May 27, 2016Genetics

Dating ancient human samples using the recombination clock

Priya Moorjani, Sriram Sankararaman, Qiaomei Fu, Molly Przeworski, Nick J Patterson, David E. Reich

This paper introduces a genetic method using the recombination clock to date ancient human samples, showing it provides reliable age estimates for non-African genomes with Neanderthal ancestry.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 2, 2016Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Fast principal components analysis reveals convergent evolution of ADH1B gene in Europe and East Asia

Kevin J Galinsky, Gaurav Bhatia, Po-Ru Loh, Stoyan Georgiev, Sayan Mukherjee, Nick J Patterson, Alkes L Price

The paper introduces FastPCA, a method for detecting natural selection by analyzing principal components, and identifies new selection signals including ADH1B in Europeans and East Asians.

The American Journal of Human Genetics · Mar 1, 2016Peer-reviewedBioinformatics