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Savantha Thenuwara

University of Iowa

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:mixed model· 1

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Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans

Lucas G. Casten, Tanner Koomar, Taylor Thomas, Jin‐Young Koh, Dabney Hofammann, Savantha Thenuwara, Allison M. Momany, Marlea O’Brien, Jeffrey Clark Murray, J. Bruce Tomblin, Jacob J. Michaelson

Polygenic score variants in HAQERs (Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions, <0.1% of the genome) predict spoken language but not nonverbal IQ; language associations replicate in SPARK, ABCD and UK Biobank.

Science Advances · Apr 22, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology✦ In-depth digest

Two Novel Forms of ERG Oscillation in Drosophila: Age and Activity Dependence

Atsushi Ueda, Scott Woods, Ian Mitchell McElree, Tristan C. D. G. O’Harrow, Casey Inman, Savantha Thenuwara, Muhammad Aftab, Atulya Srisudarshan Ram Iyengar

The paper identifies two novel forms of ERG oscillation in Drosophila that are age and activity dependent, observed in multiple species and strains.

Journal of Neurogenetics · Apr 3, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience