Laura B. Scheinfeldt

Publication List Details

Period

2009 - 2009

Number

2

Co-Authors

Population Genomic Analysis of ALMS1 in Humans Reveals a Surprisingly Complex Evolutionary History (2009)

Scheinfeldt, Laura B., Biswas, Shameek, Madeoy, Jennifer, Connelly, Caitlin F., Schadt, Eric E., Akey, Joshua M.

Mutations in the human gene ALMS1 result in Alström Syndrome, which presents with early childhood obesity and insulin resistance leading to Type 2 diabetes. Previous genomewide scans for selection...

Genome-wide Insights into the Patterns and Determinants of Fine-Scale Population Structure in Humans

Biswas, Shameek, Scheinfeldt, Laura B., Akey, Joshua M.

Studying genomic patterns of human population structure provides important insights into human evolutionary history and the relationship among populations, and it has significant practical...