Webinar Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Tri-I community)
Friday, September 24, 2021
Sarah Tishkoff, Ph.D.
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor
Department of Genetics and Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa: Implications for Health and Disease
Recommended Readings:
Empirical Articles
McHenry, ML.; Bartlett, J.; Igo, RP.; et al. (2020). Interaction between host genes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage can affect tuberculosis severity: evidence for coevolution? PLOS GENETICS. 16 (4)
Fan, SH.; Kelly, DE.; Beltrame, MH;. Et al. (2019). African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations. GENOME BIOLOGY. 20
Scheinfeldt, LB.; Soi, S.; Lambert, C.; et al. (2019). Genomic evidence for shared common ancestry of East African hunting-gathering populations and insights into local adaptation. PNAS. 116 (10): 4166-4175
Crawford, NG.; Kelly, DE.; Hansen, MEB.; et al. (2017). Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African population. SCIENCE. 358 (6365): 887-+
Review Papers
Feng, YQ; McQuillan, MA and Tishkoff, SA. (2021). Evolutionary genetics of skin pigmentation in African populations. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS. 30 (R1): R88-R97
McGuire, AL.; Gabriel, S.; Tishkoff SA.; et al. (2020). The road ahead in genetics and genomics. NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS. 21 (10): 581-596
Fan, SH.; Hansen, MEB.; Lo, Y.; Tishkoff, SA. (2016). Going global by adapting local: A review of recent human adaptation. SCIENCE. 354 (6308): 54-59
Book Chapters
Lachance, J. and Tishkoff, SA. (2013). Population Genomics of Human Adaptation. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. 44: 123-143
Campbell, MC and Tishkoff, SA. (2008). African genetic diversity: Implications for human demographic history, modern human origins, and complex disease mapping. ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENOMICS AND HUMAN GENETICS. 9: 403-433