2018
Local adaptation in European populations affected the genetics of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits
Polimanti R, Kayser MH, Gelernter J. Local adaptation in European populations affected the genetics of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits. Genome Medicine 2018, 10: 24. PMID: 29580271, PMCID: PMC5870256, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-018-0532-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PhysiologicalBehaviorGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMental DisordersMultifactorial InheritanceQuantitative Trait, HeritableRisk FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsLocal adaptationPathogen diversityEuropean populationsBehavioral traitsGenome-wide investigationGenome-wide dataPolygenic risk score analysisProtozoan diversityWinter minimum temperaturesGenetic diversityEvolutionary mechanismsPositive selectionWidespread signalMolecular mechanismsTop findingsRisk score analysisDiversityTraitsCommon variationBehavioral phenotypesAdaptationGeneticsPopulationPhenotypeMechanism
2015
Genetic diversity of disease-associated loci in Turkish population
Karaca S, Cesuroglu T, Karaca M, Erge S, Polimanti R. Genetic diversity of disease-associated loci in Turkish population. Journal Of Human Genetics 2015, 60: 193-198. PMID: 25716910, DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2015.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related traitsGenetic diversityNon-European ancestryHuman genetic variationDisease-associated lociGenetic structureComplex traitsGenetic variationTraitsEuropean individualsGenesEast populationDiversityGenetic featuresAncestryPolygenic scoresMiddle East populationLociPopulationPeculiar genetic featuresGenetic predispositionHuman groupsLarge numberTurkish populationLast finding