15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise

A Abdellaoui, L Yengo, KJH Verweij… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
It has been 15 years since the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) era.
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the challenges of polygenic scores in human genetic research

J Novembre, C Stein, S Asgari… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
The genoty** of millions of human samples has made it possible to evaluate variants
across the human genome for their possible association with risks for numerous diseases …

Sources of gene expression variation in a globally diverse human cohort

DJ Taylor, SB Chhetri, MG Tassia, A Biddanda, SM Yan… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Genetic variation that influences gene expression and splicing is a key source of phenotypic
diversity,,,–. Although invaluable, studies investigating these links in humans have been …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations on the use and reporting of race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genetic research: Experiences from the NHLBI TOPMed program

AT Khan, SM Gogarten, CP McHugh, AM Stilp, T Sofer… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
How race, ethnicity, and ancestry are used in genomic research has wide-ranging
implications for how research is translated into clinical care and incorporated into public …

Beyond the Human Genome Project: The Age of Complete Human Genome Sequences and Pangenome References

DJ Taylor, JM Eizenga, Q Li, A Das… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Human Genome Project was an enormous accomplishment, providing a foundation for
countless explorations into the genetics and genomics of the human species. Yet for many …

Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

MS Kim, D Naidoo, U Hazra, MH Quiver, WC Chen… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies do not always replicate well across
populations, limiting the generalizability of polygenic risk scores (PRS). Despite higher …

The background and legacy of Lewontin's apportionment of human genetic diversity

J Novembre - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Lewontin's 1972 article 'The apportionment of human diversity'described a key feature of
human genetic diversity that would have profound impacts on conversations regarding …

Genetic similarity versus genetic ancestry groups as sample descriptors in human genetics

G Coop - ar** within a local Arabidopsis thaliana population more fully reveals the genetic architecture for defensive metabolite diversity
AD Gloss, A Vergnol, TC Morton… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A paradoxical finding from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in plants is that
variation in metabolite profiles typically maps to a small number of loci, despite the …

Imputation accuracy across global human populations

JL Cahoon, X Rui, E Tang, C Simons, J Langie… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Genotype imputation is now fundamental for genome-wide association studies but lacks
fairness due to the underrepresentation of references from non-European ancestries. The …