Thomas D. Dyer

Crossover interference and sex-specific genetic maps shape identical by descent sharing in close relatives

The paper develops Ped-sim, a method to simulate genetic data for relatives, showing that sex-specific maps and crossover interference significantly affect IBD sharing patterns.

Inferring identical by descent sharing of sample ancestors promotes high resolution relative detection

DRUID improves relative detection by inferring IBD sharing of ungenotyped ancestors, outperforming PADRE in identifying relatives and reducing generational gaps.

Genetic variation and gene expression across multiple tissues and developmental stages in a non-human primate

The paper generates a transcriptome resource and eQTL catalogue in vervet monkeys, revealing sex and age-related expression patterns and key regulatory loci.

A performance assessment of relatedness inference methods using genome-wide data from thousands of relatives

This study evaluates 12 relatedness inference methods using genome-wide data from 2,485 relatives, finding high accuracy for first and second degree relationships but significant drops for seventh degree relationships.