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Characterizing selection on complex traits through conditional frequency spectra.
Characterizing selection on complex traits through conditional frequency spectra. Genetics. 2025 Apr 17; 229(4).
PMID: 39691067

Characterizing selection on complex traits through conditional frequency spectra.
Characterizing selection on complex traits through conditional frequency spectra. Genetics. 2024 Dec 18.
PMID: 39691067

Specificity, length, and luck: How genes are prioritized by rare and common variant association studies.
Specificity, length, and luck: How genes are prioritized by rare and common variant association studies. bioRxiv. 2024 Dec 16.
PMID: 39935885

Conditional frequency spectra as a tool for studying selection on complex traits in biobanks.
Conditional frequency spectra as a tool for studying selection on complex traits in biobanks. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 17.
PMID: 38948697

Ancestral haplotype reconstruction in endogamous populations using identity-by-descent.
Ancestral haplotype reconstruction in endogamous populations using identity-by-descent. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 02; 17(2):e1008638.
PMID: 33635861

Correction: The population genetics of human disease: The case of recessive, lethal mutations.
Correction: The population genetics of human disease: The case of recessive, lethal mutations. PLoS Genet. 2018 07; 14(7):e1007499.
PMID: 29965964

A population genetic interpretation of GWAS findings for human quantitative traits.
A population genetic interpretation of GWAS findings for human quantitative traits. PLoS Biol. 2018 03; 16(3):e2002985.
PMID: 29547617

The population genetics of human disease: The case of recessive, lethal mutations.
The population genetics of human disease: The case of recessive, lethal mutations. PLoS Genet. 2017 Sep; 13(9):e1006915.
PMID: 28957316

The impact of recent population history on the deleterious mutation load in humans and close evolutionary relatives.
The impact of recent population history on the deleterious mutation load in humans and close evolutionary relatives. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2016 Dec; 41:150-158.
PMID: 27744216

The deleterious mutation load is insensitive to recent population history.
The deleterious mutation load is insensitive to recent population history. Nat Genet. 2014 Mar; 46(3):220-4.
PMID: 24509481

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