Patterns of human genetic diversity: implications for human evolutionary history and disease

SA Tishkoff, BC Verrelli - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
Since the completion of the human genome sequencing project, the discovery and
characterization of human genetic variation is a principal focus for future research …

Genetic distances and reconstruction of phylogenetic trees from microsatellite DNA

N Takezaki, M Nei - Genetics, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Recently many investigators have used microsatellite DNA loci for studying the evolutionary
relationships of closely related populations or species, and some authors proposed new …

Race, ancestry, and genes: implications for defining disease risk

RA Kittles, KM Weiss - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
Geneticists are interested in finding genes associated with disease. Because of widespread
health disparities, race is a variable that is often said to be relevant in this context. The idea …

[BOOK][B] Human evolutionary genetics: origins, peoples and disease

M Jobling, C Tyler-Smith - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

POPTREE2: Software for constructing population trees from allele frequency data and computing other population statistics with Windows interface

N Takezaki, M Nei, K Tamura - Molecular biology and evolution, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Currently, there is a demand for software to analyze polymorphism data such as
microsatellite DNA and single nucleotide polymorphism with easily accessible interface in …

Evaluation and strategy for use of MIRU-VNTR plus, a multifunctional database for online analysis of genoty** data and phylogenetic identification of …

C Allix-Béguec, D Harmsen, T Weniger… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Because of its portable data, discriminatory power, and recently proposed standardization,
mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) …

Microsatellite allele sizes: a simple test to assess their significance on genetic differentiation

OJ Hardy, N Charbonnel, H Fréville, M Heuertz - Genetics, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The mutation process at microsatellite loci typically occurs at high rates and with stepwise
changes in allele sizes, features that may introduce bias when using classical measures of …

The distribution of human genetic diversity: a comparison of mitochondrial, autosomal, and Y-chromosome data

LB Jorde, WS Watkins, MJ Bamshad, ME Dixon… - The American Journal of …, 2000 - cell.com
We report a comparison of worldwide genetic variation among 255 individuals by using
autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosome polymorphisms. Variation is assessed by use …

MIRU-VNTRplus: a web tool for polyphasic genoty** of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria

T Weniger, J Krawczyk, P Supply… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Harmonized ty** of bacteria and easy identification of locally or internationally circulating
clones are essential for epidemiological surveillance and disease control. For …

Genetic relationship of populations in China

JY Chu, W Huang, SQ Kuang… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Despite the fact that the continuity of morphology of fossil specimens of modern humans
found in China has repeatedly challenged the Out-of-Africa hypothesis, Chinese populations …