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ReviewAnnual review of genomics and human genetics2022

Predicting Archaic Hominin Phenotypes from Genomic Data.

Colin M Brand, Laura L Colbran, John A Capra

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Review in Annual review of genomics and human genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Candidate Denisovan fossils identified through gene regulatory phenotyping.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  3. Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2025
    Review
  4. Denisovan admixture facilitated environmental adaptation in Papua New Guinean populations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
    Article
  5. Review
  6. A Genomic Conceptualization of Species.Journal of molecular evolution · 2023
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  9. Large-scale functional screen identifies genetic variants with splicing effects in modern and archaic humans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Colin M BrandDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; email: colin.brand@ucsf.edu, tony@capralab.org.
Laura L ColbranDepartment of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
John A CapraDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; email: colin.brand@ucsf.edu, tony@capralab.org.

Funding

Postdoctoral Training Program in Genomic MedicineT32HG009495 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Katherine L. Nathanson, Bogdan Pasaniuc · 2017 to 2026
$4.2M
The Evolution of Gene Regulation and Human DiseaseR35GM127087 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI John Anthony Capra · 2018 to 2026
$3.2M
NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG009495NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ancient DNA provides a powerful window into the biology of extant and extinct species, including humans' closest relatives: Denisovans and Neanderthals. Here, we review what is known about archaic hominin phenotypes from genomic data and how those inferences have been made. We contend that understanding the influence of variants on lower-level molecular phenotypes-such as gene expression and protein function-is a promising approach to using ancient DNA to learn about archaic hominin traits. Molecular phenotypes have simpler genetic architectures than organism-level complex phenotypes, and this approach enables moving beyond association studies by proposing hypotheses about the effects of archaic variants that are testable in model systems. The major challenge to understanding archaic hominin phenotypes is broadening our ability to accurately map genotypes to phenotypes, but ongoing advances ensure that there will be much more to learn about archaic hominin phenotypes from their genomes.

Indexed as

HominidaeNeanderthalsAnimalsDNA, AncientGenome, HumanGenomicsHumansPhenotypeDNA, Ancientancient DNAarchaic homininDenisovanNeanderthalphenotype prediction

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PMID35440148
PMCPMC10250142

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