Gillian L. Meeks

The paper tests HLA dissimilarity in Himba pastoralists and finds no evidence of disassortative mating or fitness benefits from HLA differences in either arranged or chosen partnerships.

The paper develops an epigenetic age predictor that accounts for DNA sequence variation in African populations, finding that genetic variants can influence epigenetic age and longevity.

The paper uses genetic data to show sex-biased admixture patterns in South Africa due to colonial migration, with European males and Khoe-San females contributing disproportionately to different regions.

This paper quantifies how differences in allelic effect sizes across ancestry backgrounds impact GWAS power in admixed populations and finds modeling these differences does not significantly improve results.