A genealogical estimate of genetic relationships

C Fan, N Mancuso, CWK Chiang - The American Journal of Human …, 2022 - cell.com
The application of genetic relationships among individuals, characterized by a genetic
relationship matrix (GRM), has far-reaching effects in human genetics. However, the current …

Inverted genomic regions between reference genome builds in humans impact imputation accuracy and decrease the power of association testing

X Sheng, L **a, JL Cahoon, DV Conti… - Human Genetics and …, 2023 - cell.com
Over the last two decades, the human reference genome has undergone multiple updates
as we complete a linear representation of our genome. Two versions of human references …

Empowering GWAS Discovery through Enhanced Genotype Imputation

A De Marino, AA Mahmoud, S Bohn, J Lerga-Jaso… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Genotype imputation, crucial in genomics research, often faces accuracy limitations, notably
for rarer variants. Leveraging data from the 1000 Genomes Project, TOPMed and UK …

Human genetic ancestry, Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and tuberculosis disease severity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

M Zwyer, ZM Xu, A Ross, J Hella, M Sasamalo… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Infectious diseases have affected humanity for millennia and are among the strongest
selective forces. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease, caused by the human-adapted …

Genome-to-genome analysis reveals associations between human and mycobacterial genetic variation in tuberculosis patients from Tanzania

ZM Xu, M Zwyer, D Brites, H Hiza, M Sasamalo… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The risk and prognosis of tuberculosis (TB) are affected by both human and bacterial genetic
factors. To identify interacting human and bacterial genetic loci, we leveraged paired human …