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

    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 the world, such as Sout...

    Jeffrey D. Wall, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti, Ravi Gupta in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity

    Moving in synchrony to the beat is a fundamental component of musicality. Here we conducted a genome-wide association study to identify common genetic variants associated with beat synchronization in 606,825 i...

    Maria Niarchou, Daniel E. Gustavson, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti in Nature Human Behaviour (2022)

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    Human ACE2 receptor polymorphisms and altered susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2

    COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. The viral spike (S) protein engages the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor to invade host cells with ~10–15...

    Kushal Suryamohan, Devan Diwanji, Eric W. Stawiski, Ravi Gupta in Communications Biology (2021)

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    Genome wide analysis for mouth ulcers identifies associations at immune regulatory loci

    Mouth ulcers are the most common ulcerative condition and encompass several clinical diagnoses, including recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). Despite previous evidence for heritability, it is not clear which ...

    Tom Dudding, Simon Haworth, Penelope A. Lind in Nature Communications (2019)

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    Placenta and appetite genes GDF15 and IGFBP7 are associated with hyperemesis gravidarum

    Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, occurs in 0.3–2% of pregnancies and is associated with maternal and fetal morbidity. The cause of HG remains unknown, but familial aggregat...

    Marlena S. Fejzo, Olga V. Sazonova, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti in Nature Communications (2018)