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- Samuel J Moysés
- School of Life Sciences at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PPGO/PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PPGO/PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Kulohoma BW. Importance of human demographic history knowledge in genetic studies involving multi-ethnic cohorts. Wellcome Open Res 2018; 3:82. [PMID: 30430140 PMCID: PMC6206618 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14692.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Paucity of data from African populations due to under-representation in human genetic studies has impeded detailed understanding of the heritable human genome variation. This is despite the fact that Africa has sizeable genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity. There are renewed efforts to understand health problems relevant to African populations using more comprehensive datasets, and by improving expertise in health-related genomics among African scientists. We emphasise that careful consideration of the sampled populations from national and within-continental cohorts in large multi-ethnic genetic research efforts is required to maximise the prospects of identifying and fine-mapping novel risk variants in indigenous populations. We caution that human demographic history should be taken into consideration in such prospective genetic-association studies.
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- Benard W Kulohoma
- Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Kulohoma BW. Importance of human demographic history knowledge in genetic studies involving multi-ethnic cohorts. Wellcome Open Res 2018; 3:82. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14692.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Paucity of data from African populations due to under-representation in human genetic studies has impeded detailed understanding of the heritable human genome variation. This is despite the fact that Africa has sizeable genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity. There are renewed efforts to understand health problems relevant to African populations using more comprehensive datasets, and by improving expertise in health-related genomics among African scientists. We emphasise that careful consideration of the sampled populations from national and within-continental cohorts in large multi-ethnic genetic research efforts is required to maximise the prospects of identifying and fine-mapping novel risk variants in indigenous populations. We caution that human demographic history should be taken into consideration in such prospective genetic-association studies.
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Jørgensen PS, Barraquand F, Bonhomme V, Curran TJ, Cieraad E, Ezard TG, Gherardi LA, Hayes RA, Poisot T, Salguero-Gómez R, DeSoto L, Swartz B, Talbot JM, Wee B, Zimmerman N. Connecting people and ideas from around the world: global innovation platforms for next‐generation ecology and beyond. Ecosphere 2015. [DOI: 10.1890/es14-00198.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Peter Søgaard Jørgensen
- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Center for Macroecology Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen DK-2100 Denmark
- Sustainability Science Centre, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen DK-2100 Denmark
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- French Institute of Pondicherry, 11 Saint Louis Street, Pondicherry 605 001 France
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Department of Ecology, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647 New Zealand
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Landcare Research, Lincoln 7640 New Zealand
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building 85, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ United Kingdom
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 USA
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Horticulture and Forestry Science, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7 Canada
- Québec Centre for Biodiversity Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland QLD 4072 Australia
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Rostock DE-18075 Germany
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA
- Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 USA
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, California 94305 USA
- Department of Biology, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Washington, D.C. 20009 USA
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- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, http://innge.net
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, California 94305 USA
- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
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Shiue I, Samberg L, Kulohoma B, Dogaru D, Wyborn C, Hamel P, Jørgensen PS, Lussier P, Sundaram B, Lim M, Tironi A. Addendum: shiue, I.; et Al. 2014 future Earth young scientists conference on integrated science and knowledge co-production for ecosystems and human well-being. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public health 2014, 11, 11553-11558. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2015; 12:2088-9. [PMID: 25685955 PMCID: PMC4344712 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120202088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 01/01/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Ivy Shiue
- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland, UK.
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- College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
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- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya.
- Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Environment & GIS Department, Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, Bucharest 023993, Romania.
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- College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
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- The Natural Capital Project, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
- International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists, Universitetsparken 15, Building 3, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
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- Yale Climate & Energy Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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- Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK.
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- Fundación CTF, Padre Mariano 391 #704, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
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