Research

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Recent research highlights:

>> Modern genetics answers age-old question on Garrod's fourth inborn error of metabolism
UW Today | PNAS

>> Genome map of advanced, lethal prostate cancers reveals 'hypermutations'
GS grad Akash Kumar is first author on PNAS paper.
UW Today | PNAS | 9/28/11

>> "Integrative Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans Genome by the modENCODE Project"
Science | 12/22/10

>> Difference in Gene Numbers Responsible for Wide Variations in the Human Genome
Third year GS grads Jacob Kitzman and Peter Sudmant are first authors on paper in Science.
Science | Nature | Reuters | University Week

>> Mutations in the DBP-deficiency protein HSD17B4 cause ovarian dysgenesis, hearing loss, and ataxia of Perrault Syndrome
American Journal of Human Genetics | 7/29/10

>> Detection of inherited mutations for breast and ovarian cancer using genomic capture and massively parallel sequencing
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA | 7/13/10

>> Genetic alterations common to Kabuki syndrome discovered through streamlined DNA sequencing
University Week | 8/19/10

>> Tracing Evolution's Recent Fingerprints
Science | 8/13/10

>> Adventures in Very Recent Evolution
New York Times | 7/19/10

>> People with autism have more duplicated and deleted DNA sequences in their genomes than do those without the disorder
University Week | 6/9/10

>> Genome comparison tools found to be susceptible to slip-ups
University Week | 5/27/10

>> Neandertal genome sequencing reveals new clues on human-specific gene changes
University Week | 5/20/10

>> A recurrent 16p12.1 microdeletion supports a two-hit model for severe developmental delay
Nature Genetics | 2/14/10

>> A three dimensional model of the yeast genome
Nature | 11/17/09

>> New methods identify thousands of new DNA sequences missing from reference map of the human genome
University Week | 4/19/10