2020
FrogAncestryCalc: A standalone batch likelihood computation tool for ancestry inference panels catalogued in FROG-kb
Rajeevan H, Soundararajan U, Pakstis AJ, Kidd KK. FrogAncestryCalc: A standalone batch likelihood computation tool for ancestry inference panels catalogued in FROG-kb. Forensic Science International Genetics 2020, 46: 102237. PMID: 31991337, DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102237.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Population relationships based on 170 ancestry SNPs from the combined Kidd and Seldin panels
Pakstis AJ, Speed WC, Soundararajan U, Rajeevan H, Kidd JR, Li H, Kidd KK. Population relationships based on 170 ancestry SNPs from the combined Kidd and Seldin panels. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 18874. PMID: 31827153, PMCID: PMC6906462, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55175-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic diversityPopulation relationshipsHuman populationAncestry informative SNP panelsInformative SNP panelsMajor continental regionsHuman reference populationsSNP panelIndividual populationsGenotype dataReference populationNative American populationsDiverse collectionAISNPsAllele frequency databasesWorldwide populationDiversityFrequency databaseAmerican populationReference population dataPopulationSNPsPrincipal component analysisCombined panelCluster patternsGenetic history of the population of Crete
Drineas P, Tsetsos F, Plantinga A, Lazaridis I, Yannaki E, Razou A, Kanaki K, Michalodimitrakis M, Perez‐Jimenez F, De Silvestro G, Renda MC, Stamatoyannopoulos JA, Kidd KK, Browning BL, Paschou P, Stamatoyannopoulos G. Genetic history of the population of Crete. Annals Of Human Genetics 2019, 83: 373-388. PMID: 31192450, PMCID: PMC6851683, DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistorical recordsCretan populationMedieval historyMedieval periodArab occupationMultiple warsSmall genetic contributionContemporary recordsMiddle AgesGenetic historyIsland of CreteEastern EuropeansPopulation of CreteHistoriansCreteVenetiansOccupationCretanBiased interpretationLocal populationHistoryGenetic perspectiveRecordsIslandsConquerors
2017
Increasing the reference populations for the 55 AISNP panel: the need and benefits
Pakstis AJ, Kang L, Liu L, Zhang Z, Jin T, Grigorenko EL, Wendt FR, Budowle B, Hadi S, Al Qahtani MS, Morling N, Mogensen HS, Themudo GE, Soundararajan U, Rajeevan H, Kidd JR, Kidd KK. Increasing the reference populations for the 55 AISNP panel: the need and benefits. International Journal Of Legal Medicine 2017, 131: 913-917. PMID: 28070634, PMCID: PMC5491587, DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1524-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in Native American populations
Kidd JR, Friedlaender F, Pakstis AJ, Furtado M, Fang R, Wang X, Nievergelt CM, Kidd KK. Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in Native American populations. American Journal Of Biological Anthropology 2011, 146: 495-502. PMID: 21913176, PMCID: PMC3658315, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsNative American populationsAutosomal markersModern Native American populationsNucleotide polymorphismsOld World populationsEvolutionary relationshipsAmerican populationDifferent small setsDNA polymorphismsEurasian originAncestry inferenceMultiple populationsPolymorphismLarge comprehensive datasetAscertainment biasesNew WorldSmall independent setsMarkersComprehensive datasetClose relationshipPopulationHaplotypesNew information
2008
The complex global pattern of genetic variation and linkage disequilibrium at catechol-O-methyltransferase
Mukherjee N, Kidd K, Pakstis A, Speed W, Li H, Tarnok Z, Barta C, Kajuna S, Kidd J. The complex global pattern of genetic variation and linkage disequilibrium at catechol-O-methyltransferase. Molecular Psychiatry 2008, 15: 216-225. PMID: 18574484, PMCID: PMC2811226, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.64.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphismsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic variationDiverse evolutionary lineagesFuture association studiesEvolutionary lineagesPromoter regionAssociation studiesGenesLinkage disequilibriumFunctional consequencesUndetected variantsNucleotide polymorphismsCommon haplotypeComplex global patternsGlobal patternsDNA samplesHaplotypesLineagesExonsHaplotypic combinationsKbDNACOMT geneOnly variation
2004
COMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia
Palmatier M, Pakstis A, Speed W, Paschou P, Goldman D, Odunsi A, Okonofua F, Kajuna S, Karoma N, Kungulilo S, Grigorenko E, Zhukova O, Bonne-Tamir B, Lu R, Parnas J, Kidd J, DeMille M, Kidd K. COMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 2004, 9: 859-870. PMID: 15098000, DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001496.Peer-Reviewed Original Research