2020
Massively parallel discovery of human-specific substitutions that alter enhancer activity
Uebbing S, Gockley J, Reilly SK, Kocher AA, Geller E, Gandotra N, Scharfe C, Cotney J, Noonan JP. Massively parallel discovery of human-specific substitutions that alter enhancer activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 118: e2007049118. PMID: 33372131, PMCID: PMC7812811, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007049118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman-specific substitutionsHuman-gained enhancersGenetic changesEnhancer functionEnhancer activityHuman-specific genetic changesHuman evolutionGene regulatory elementsBackground genetic variationAncestral functionRegulatory evolutionEnhancer assaysGenetic variationRegulatory elementsNeural stem cellsHuman traitsNovel activityNonadditive wayRegulatory activityStem cellsFunctional impactDifferential activityParallel discoveryEnhancerEvolution
2013
Rare variant detection using family-based sequencing analysis
Peng G, Fan Y, Palculict TB, Shen P, Ruteshouser EC, Chi AK, Davis RW, Huff V, Scharfe C, Wang W. Rare variant detection using family-based sequencing analysis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 3985-3990. PMID: 23426633, PMCID: PMC3593912, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222158110.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
The Role of Selection in the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial Genomes
Kivisild T, Shen P, Wall DP, Do B, Sung R, Davis K, Passarino G, Underhill PA, Scharfe C, Torroni A, Scozzari R, Modiano D, Coppa A, de Knijff P, Feldman M, Cavalli-Sforza LL, Oefner PJ. The Role of Selection in the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial Genomes. Genetics 2006, 172: 373-387. PMID: 16172508, PMCID: PMC1456165, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.043901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman mitochondrial genomeMitochondrial genomeNegative Tajima's D valuesMutation rateHeavy strand DNAMammalian mitochondrial DNATajima's D valuesRole of selectionAmino acid replacementsNonsynonymous base substitutionsHigh mutation rateSynonymous sitesPhylogenetic treeMitochondrial DNAPhylogenetic analysisCodon usageCoalescent timesCold adaptationNonsynonymous changesAcid replacementsSynonymous transitionsDivergent poolValine codonNonsynonymous mutationsBase substitutions
2002
Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast
Steinmetz LM, Scharfe C, Deutschbauer AM, Mokranjac D, Herman ZS, Jones T, Chu AM, Giaever G, Prokisch H, Oefner PJ, Davis RW. Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast. Nature Genetics 2002, 31: 400-404. PMID: 12134146, DOI: 10.1038/ng929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial proteinsNuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteinsGenomic map positionFunctional genomic studiesHuman disease genesGene expression analysisHuman mitochondriaYeast deletionHuman orthologGenomic studiesMap positionHuman genesSystematic screenFunctional screenStrain fitnessExpression analysisDisease genesHuman disordersMitochondrial diseaseHigh similarityMitochondrial respirationHeritable diseaseMitochondrial functionGenesProtein