Sentences with phrase «statistical geneticist»
A statistical geneticist is someone who uses statistical methods to study how genes and DNA influence different traits and conditions in living organisms. They analyze large sets of genetic data to uncover patterns, relationships, and possible causes of genetic variations and diseases. Full definition
«In less than four months, we had responses from more than 23,000 research participants,» said Pierre Fontanillas, PhD, a senior statistical geneticist at 23andMe.
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For most life scientists, however, pre-publication is still «more of a trickle» than a trend, says statistical geneticist Graham Coop of the University of California, Davis.
Two labs headed by statistical geneticist William Valdar, PhD, and psychiatric geneticist Patrick Sullivan, MD, have developed a new statistical model that scientists can use to parse the complex genetics of side effect susceptibility.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center statistical geneticist Ryan Bohlender said that the hominid species is not likely Neanderthal or Denisovan but one that belongs to a third but related branch of family tree that produced the Neanderthals and the Denisovans, an extinct distant relative of Neanderthals known only from DNA collected from a finger bone and teeth that were discovered in a Siberian cave.
«I couldn't believe the picture was so clear,» says Carlos Bustamante, senior author and statistical geneticist at Cornell University.
That species is probably not Neandertal or Denisovan, but a different, related hominid group, said Bohlender, a statistical geneticist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Such turnover is «pretty striking», says Garrett Hellenthal, a statistical geneticist at University College London who has studied the peopling of the island through the genomes of living Brits.
«The usual standard of justice is to prove that someone is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,» said Jeffrey Thorne, a statistical geneticist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, after reading the paper.
«This shows there was an African lineage (of H. pylori) that had a very big transmission advantage — it spread right across Europe faster than we expected,» says Daniel Falush, a statistical geneticist at Swansea University in the United Kingdom, who was not involved with the work.
Modern molecular biology and biotechnology tools let scientists analyze whole genomes and study the activity of all the genes in cells — and their role in human health — at one time, says Xihong Lin, a statistical geneticist and genomicist at Harvard University School of Public Health.
Edwards, a statistical geneticist, says, «Without the postdoctoral fellowship award, I might not have been able to pursue my goal of an academic career.»
«It might just make the cell more squishy so it feels different to the parasite,» says study coauthor Chris Spencer, a statistical geneticist at Oxford.
«In the past year, there have been several successful large genome - wide association studies of reproductive behaviors; in that context, I think this study is particularly important because of the immediate clinical relevance of gestational timing,» says David Hinds, PhD, 23andMe Principal Scientist and Statistical Geneticist, who helped to co-author the paper.
Zeggini, now a statistical geneticist, left her native Greece to start her training at UMIST in Manchester, U.K., as a biochemist.
He's a statistical geneticist at University College London and coauthor of the new study.
Chris is a statistical geneticist with a broad range of interests from population genetics to association analysis of clinical phenotypes.
Ryan Bohlender is a statistical geneticist with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
TGI's Human Genetics Group is looking for a statistical geneticist or biostatistician to work with a dedicated team of researchers investigating inherited human diseases.