Africa: Continent of genome contrasts with implications for biomedical research and health

Ethiopian Genetic Diversity Reveals Linguistic Stratification and Complex Influences on the Ethiopian Gene Pool

(2012) Luca Pagani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Commentary: The seven plagues of epigenetic epidemiology

(2012) Bastiaan T Heijmans et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Is epidemiology ready for epigenetics?

(2012) Caroline L Relton et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Genomic sovereignty and the African promise: mining the African genome for the benefit of Africa

(2012) Jantina de Vries et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS

A comparison of cataloged variation between International HapMap Consortium and 1000 Genomes Project data

(2012) Carrie C Buchanan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

(2012) Karol Estrada et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Bayesian inference analyses of the polygenic architecture of rheumatoid arthritis

(2012) Eli A Stahl et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The mystery of missing heritability: Genetic interactions create phantom heritability

(2012) O. Zuk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Purposeful support for health research in South Africa

(2012) Michael Cherry   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

A Revised Root for the Human Y Chromosomal Phylogenetic Tree: The Origin of Patrilineal Diversity in Africa

(2011) Fulvio Cruciani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

DNA methylation in white blood cells

(2011) Mary Beth Terry et al.   Epigenetics

Africa: the next frontier for human disease gene discovery?

(2011) M. Ramsay et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Environmental chemical exposures and human epigenetics

(2011) Lifang Hou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Inference of human population history from individual whole-genome sequences

(2011) Heng Li et al.   NATURE

Genomics for the world

(2011) Carlos D. Bustamante et al.   NATURE

Bayesian inference of ancient human demography from individual genome sequences

(2011) Ilan Gronau et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Experimental and analytical tools for studying the human microbiome

(2011) Justin Kuczynski et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genetic variants inCYP(-1A2,-2C9,-2C19,-3A4and-3A5),VKORC1andABCB1genes in a black South African population: a window into diversity

(2011) Collet Dandara et al.   PHARMACOGENOMICS

Strong reproductive isolation between humans and Neanderthals inferred from observed patterns of introgression

(2011) M. Currat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans

(2011) B. M. Henn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Beyond Missing Heritability: Prediction of Complex Traits

(2011) Robert Makowsky et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines

(2011) Jordana T Bell et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height

(2010) Matthew B. Lanktree et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa

(2010) Stephan C. Schuster et al.   NATURE

Integrating common and rare genetic variation in diverse human populations

(2010)   NATURE

Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2

(2010) Thorsten Thye et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Methodological challenges of genome-wide association analysis in Africa

(2010) Yik-Ying Teo et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Missing heritability and strategies for finding the underlying causes of complex disease

(2010) Evan E. Eichler et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Ancestry and Disease in the Age of Genomic Medicine

(2010) Charles N. Rotimi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

(2010) R. E. Green et al.   SCIENCE

Epigenetic Epidemiology of Common Complex Disease: Prospects for Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment

(2010) Caroline L. Relton et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Epigenetic profiling of somatic tissues from human autopsy specimens identifies tissue- and individual-specific DNA methylation patterns

(2009) Hyang-Min Byun et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

(2009) Muminatou Jallow et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans

(2009) S. A. Tishkoff et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Association Scan Meta-Analysis Identifies Three Loci Influencing Adiposity and Fat Distribution

(2009) Cecilia M. Lindgren et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity

(2008) Doron M. Behar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Accurate whole human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry

(2008) David R. Bentley et al.   NATURE

Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

(2008) Cristen J Willer et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The next steps for genomic medicine: challenges and opportunities for the developing world

(2008) Billie-Jo Hardy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Bayesian coalescent inference of major human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup expansions in Africa

(2008) Q. D Atkinson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES