2020
Characterizing the effect of background selection on the polygenicity of brain-related traits
Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Overstreet C, Tylee DS, Gelernter J, Atkinson EG, Polimanti R. Characterizing the effect of background selection on the polygenicity of brain-related traits. Genomics 2020, 113: 111-119. PMID: 33278486, PMCID: PMC7855394, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesBrain-related traitsGWAS of schizophreniaTrait-associated lociLocus effect sizesSubset of traitsGenotype networksGenetic architectureIntolerant regionsBrain-related phenotypesBackground selectionNatural selectionEvolutionary pressurePositive selectionSNP heritabilityLocal ancestryAssociation studiesTraitsFunctional significanceLociPolygenicityBinary annotationPhenotypeRisk allelesSize variance
2016
Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in the Systems Genetics of Anthropometric Traits
Polimanti R, Yang BZ, Zhao H, Gelernter J. Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in the Systems Genetics of Anthropometric Traits. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0160654. PMID: 27537407, PMCID: PMC4990182, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenic adaptationNatural selectionSystems geneticsProtein interaction networksWide association studyPolygenic mechanismsEuropean populationsPolygenic selectionAnthropometric traitsGene networksHuman genomeEpistatic interactionsInteraction networksEnrichment analysisGenetic signaturesSystems biologyAssociation studiesLipid transportMolecular processesAdaptation signalsLocomotory behaviorTraitsSelective mechanismGeneticsInfection resistance
2014
Haplotype differences for copy number variants in the 22q11.23 region among human populations: a pigmentation-based model for selective pressure
Polimanti R, Piacentini S, Iorio A, De Angelis F, Kozlov A, Novelletto A, Fuciarelli M. Haplotype differences for copy number variants in the 22q11.23 region among human populations: a pigmentation-based model for selective pressure. European Journal Of Human Genetics 2014, 23: 116-123. PMID: 24667780, PMCID: PMC4266733, DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.47.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAllelesAmino Acid SequenceChromosomes, Human, Pair 22DNA Copy Number VariationsEnvironmentGene FrequencyGenetic Association StudiesGenetics, PopulationGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHaplotypesHumansIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyRisk FactorsSelection, GeneticSequence AlignmentSkin Pigmentation
2011
HapMap-based study of human soluble glutathione S-transferase enzymes
Polimanti R, Piacentini S, Fuciarelli M. HapMap-based study of human soluble glutathione S-transferase enzymes. Pharmacogenetics And Genomics 2011, 21: 665-672. PMID: 21799460, DOI: 10.1097/fpc.0b013e328349da4d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatural selectionGST genesGenetic variabilityGlutathione S-transferase enzymesSingle nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) diversityHuman genome regionsHuman demographic historyHuman genetic variabilityGST SNPsInternational HapMap ProjectSingle nucleotide substitutionChromosomal clustersDemographic historyGenome regionsGenome scanCellular detoxificationCandidate genesHapMap projectNucleotide substitutionsGenesHapMap dataComplex diseasesPopulation differencesF-statisticsSNPs
2000
Human GST Loci as Markers of Evolutionary Forces: GSTO1*E155del and GSTO1*E208K Polymorphisms May Be Under Natural Selection Induced by Environmental Arsenic
Polimanti R, Piacentini S, De Angelis F, De Stefano GF, Fuciarelli M. Human GST Loci as Markers of Evolutionary Forces: GSTO1*E155del and GSTO1*E208K Polymorphisms May Be Under Natural Selection Induced by Environmental Arsenic. Disease Markers 2000, 31: 231-239. PMID: 22045430, PMCID: PMC3826775, DOI: 10.3233/dma-2011-0821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArsenicBiotransformationBlack PeopleEcuadorEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental PollutantsEvolution, MolecularGene FrequencyGene-Environment InteractionGenetic MarkersGenotypeGlutathione TransferaseHumansIndians, South AmericanLinkage DisequilibriumMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSelection, GeneticConceptsGST genesPopulation demographic historyGlutatione S-transferasesAllele frequenciesEvolutionary forcesDemographic historyNatural selectionSelective pressureNull phenotypeNeutral polymorphismsPopulation relationshipsHapMap dataS-transferaseGST SNPsGST lociEnvironmental arsenicGenesWorldwide populationPCR-RFLP methodAfrican populationsPolymorphism