[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide meta-analysis yields 46 new loci associating with biomarkers of iron homeostasis

…, JMM Howson, LW Thørner, S Kristmundsdottir… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Iron is essential for many biological functions and iron deficiency and overload have major
health implications. We performed a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies …

Parental influence on human germline de novo mutations in 1,548 trios from Iceland

H Jónsson, P Sulem, B Kehr, S Kristmundsdottir, F Zink… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
… The number of clustered mutations increases faster with the mother’s age than with the
father’s, and the genomic span of maternal de novo mutation clusters is greater than that of …

[HTML][HTML] The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank

…, A Oddsson, BO Jensson, S Kristmundsdottir… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
… base pair in the heptamer was observed as a SNP (S), across the first set of non-overlapping
windows. … The ratio S:H was then interpreted as the expected mutation rate of the heptamer, …

Long-read sequencing of 3,622 Icelanders provides insight into the role of structural variants in human diseases and other traits

…, BA Atlason, S Kristmundsdottir, S Mehringer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… Within the ZnF domain of the recombination hotspot positioning gene PRDM9, we identified
deletions of one, four and five ZnF(s) and insertions of one, two and four ZnF(s), resulting in …

Lipoprotein (a) concentration and risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes

…, SE Matthiasson, S Kristmundsdottir… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background : Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a causal risk factor for cardiovascular diseases that
has no established therapy. The attribute of Lp(a) that affects cardiovascular risk is not …

Graphtyper enables population-scale genotyping using pangenome graphs

HP Eggertsson, H Jonsson, S Kristmundsdottir… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… (a) Both parents are homozygous and the offspring’s genotype can be inferred. (b) At least
one parent is heterozygous and we cannot uniquely infer the offspring’s genotype. We can …

[HTML][HTML] Whole genome characterization of sequence diversity of 15,220 Icelanders

H Jónsson, P Sulem, B Kehr, S Kristmundsdottir, F Zink… - Scientific data, 2017 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] GraphTyper2 enables population-scale genotyping of structural variation using pangenome graphs

HP Eggertsson, S Kristmundsdottir, D Beyter… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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Multiple transmissions of de novo mutations in families

…, G Pálsson, HP Eggertsson, S Kristmundsdottir… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
… Despite the germline’s importance, little is known about early DNMs and germ cell lineages.
To explore this, we sought ssDNMs in 251 couples with multiple offspring (Table 1). We …

[HTML][HTML] Deficit of homozygosity among 1.52 million individuals and genetic causes of recessive lethality

…, HB Thordardottir, S Kristmundsdottir… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Genotypes causing pregnancy loss and perinatal mortality are depleted among living
individuals and are therefore difficult to find. To explore genetic causes of recessive lethality, we …