Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on January 23, 2008
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The genetic legacy of the pre-colonial period in contemporary Bolivians. PLoS One (2013) 0.83
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African Pygmies, what's behind a name? Hum Biol (2012) 0.77
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The influence of habitats on female mobility in Central and Western Africa inferred from human mitochondrial variation. BMC Evol Biol (2013) 0.75
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The analysis of variation of mtDNA hypervariable region 1 suggests that Eastern and Western Pygmies diverged before the Bantu expansion. Am Nat (2004) 1.37
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A human genome diversity cell line panel. Science (2002) 14.11
The genetic structure and history of Africans and African Americans. Science (2009) 10.65
Natural selection has driven population differentiation in modern humans. Nat Genet (2008) 7.48
Exome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic RAC1 mutations in melanoma. Nat Genet (2012) 7.00
Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene. Hum Genet (2010) 5.68
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Correcting for purifying selection: an improved human mitochondrial molecular clock. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 5.37
A SNP in a let-7 microRNA complementary site in the KRAS 3' untranslated region increases non-small cell lung cancer risk. Cancer Res (2008) 5.05
Correlation between genetic and geographic structure in Europe. Curr Biol (2008) 5.02
Ancient DNA from European early neolithic farmers reveals their near eastern affinities. PLoS Biol (2010) 4.43
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Reconstructing Native American population history. Nature (2012) 3.49
The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people. Nature (2010) 3.37
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The genetic structure of Pacific Islanders. PLoS Genet (2008) 3.31
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Where west meets east: the complex mtDNA landscape of the southwest and Central Asian corridor. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 3.05
The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa. Science (2006) 2.98
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A global perspective on genetic variation at the ADH genes reveals unusual patterns of linkage disequilibrium and diversity. Am J Hum Genet (2002) 2.60
A multiplex assay with 52 single nucleotide polymorphisms for human identification. Electrophoresis (2006) 2.59
Developing a SNP panel for forensic identification of individuals. Forensic Sci Int (2005) 2.55
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Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in south and southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans. BMC Genet (2004) 2.37
Evolutionary dynamics of human Toll-like receptors and their different contributions to host defense. PLoS Genet (2009) 2.35
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Independent introduction of two lactase-persistence alleles into human populations reflects different history of adaptation to milk culture. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 2.28
Meta-analysis on the use of zidovudine and interferon-alfa in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma showing improved survival in the leukemic subtypes. J Clin Oncol (2010) 2.27
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The matrilineal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: portrait of a recent founder event. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 2.18
Low nucleotide diversity in chimpanzees and bonobos. Genetics (2003) 2.16
African ancestry allelic variation at the MYH9 gene contributes to increased susceptibility to non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease in Hispanic Americans. Hum Mol Genet (2010) 2.11
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Vibratory Urticaria Associated with a Missense Variant in ADGRE2. N Engl J Med (2016) 2.09
From social to genetic structures in central Asia. Curr Biol (2007) 2.09
The fingerprint of phantom mutations in mitochondrial DNA data. Am J Hum Genet (2002) 2.07
Inferring the demographic history of African farmers and pygmy hunter-gatherers using a multilocus resequencing data set. PLoS Genet (2009) 2.07
Origins and genetic diversity of pygmy hunter-gatherers from Western Central Africa. Curr Biol (2009) 2.01
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Counting the founders: the matrilineal genetic ancestry of the Jewish Diaspora. PLoS One (2008) 1.92
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The phylogeny of the four pan-American MtDNA haplogroups: implications for evolutionary and disease studies. PLoS One (2008) 1.87
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The western and eastern roots of the Saami--the story of genetic "outliers" told by mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomes. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 1.81