Population stratification in genetic association studies

JN Hellwege, JM Keaton, A Giri, X Gao… - Current protocols in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Population stratification (PS) is a primary consideration in studies of genetic determinants of
human traits. Failure to control for PS may lead to confounding, causing a study to fail for …

The GenomeAsia 100K Project enables genetic discoveries across Asia

Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The underrepresentation of non-Europeans in human genetic studies so far has limited the
diversity of individuals in genomic datasets and led to reduced medical relevance for a large …

Genomics of rare genetic diseases—experiences from India

S Sivasubbu, V Scaria - Human genomics, 2019 - Springer
Home to a culturally heterogeneous population, India is also a melting pot of genetic
diversity. The population architecture characterized by multiple endogamous groups with …

Ancestral origins and genetic history of Tibetan highlanders

D Lu, H Lou, K Yuan, X Wang, Y Wang, C Zhang… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
The origin of Tibetans remains one of the most contentious puzzles in history, anthropology,
and genetics. Analyses of deeply sequenced (30×–60×) genomes of 38 Tibetan highlanders …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of three diverse Asian populations in Singapore

D Wu, J Dou, X Chai, C Bellis, A Wilm, CC Shih… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Underrepresentation of Asian genomes has hindered population and medical genetics
research on Asians, leading to population disparities in precision medicine. By whole …

[HTML][HTML] South Asian medical cohorts reveal strong founder effects and high rates of homozygosity

JD Wall, JF Sathirapongsasuti, R Gupta… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The benefits of large-scale genetic studies for healthcare of the populations studied are well
documented, but these genetic studies have traditionally ignored people from some parts of …

In silico identification and functional prediction of differentially expressed genes in South Asian populations associated with type 2 diabetes

MG Rabby, MH Rahman, MN Islam, MM Kamal… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the major metabolic disorders in humans caused by
hyperglycemia and insulin resistance syndrome. Although significant genetic effects on T2D …

Reconstructing genetic history of Siberian and Northeastern European populations

EHM Wong, A Khrunin, L Nichols, D Pushkarev… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
Siberia and Northwestern Russia are home to over 40 culturally and linguistically diverse
indigenous ethnic groups, yet genetic variation and histories of peoples from this region are …

PGG.SNV: understanding the evolutionary and medical implications of human single nucleotide variations in diverse populations

C Zhang, Y Gao, Z Ning, Y Lu, X Zhang, J Liu, B Xie… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Despite the tremendous growth of the DNA sequencing data in the last decade, our
understanding of the human genome is still in its infancy. To understand the implications of …

A late Pleistocene human genome from southwest China

X Zhang, X Ji, C Li, T Yang, J Huang, Y Zhao, Y Wu… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Southern East Asia is the dispersal center regarding the prehistoric settlement and
migrations of modern humans in Asia-Pacific regions. However, the settlement pattern and …