The Collaborative Cross (CC) is a mouse recombinant inbred strain panel that is being
developed as a resource for mammalian systems genetics. Here we describe an experiment that …

The possibility of voyaging contact between prehistoric Polynesian and Native American
populations has long intrigued researchers. Proponents have pointed to the existence of New …

The peopling of the Andean highlands above 2500 m in elevation was a complex process
that included cultural, biological, and genetic adaptations. Here, we present a time series of …

… Settlers also fanned out from Rarotonga northeast to the Society Islands (represented by
Tahiti in our dataset but also containing the culturally significant island Ra‘iātea) around ad …

Investigating the role of host genetic factors in COVID-19 severity and susceptibility can
inform our understanding of the underlying biological mechanisms that influence adverse …

Patagonia was the last region of the Americas reached by humans who entered the continent
from Siberia ∼15,000–20,000 y ago. Despite recent genomic approaches to reconstruct …

Visualizing genomic data in chromosomal context can help detecting errors in data processing
and may suggest new hypotheses to be tested. Here, we report a new tool for displaying …

Smoking is a risk factor for atherosclerosis with reported widespread effects on gene
expression in circulating blood cells. We hypothesized that a molecular signature mediating the …

Methods Patients with L-TPD were classified according to the results of their computer-tomography
(CT) scan and diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide adjusted for …

Background Current South American populations trace their origins mainly to three
continental ancestries, ie European, Amerindian and African. Individual variation in relative …