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List of works by Alessia Ranciaro

African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations

Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

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Effects of natural selection and gene conversion on the evolution of human glycophorins coding for MNS blood polymorphisms in malaria-endemic African populations

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Evolution of functionally diverse alleles associated with PTC bitter taste sensitivity in Africa

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Genetic adaptation to high altitude in the Ethiopian highlands

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Genetic origins of lactase persistence and the spread of pastoralism in Africa

scientific article (publication date: 3 April 2014)

Genomic variation and adaptation in Africa: implications for human evolutionary history and disease.

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Investigating zoonotic infection barriers to ape Plasmodium parasites using faecal DNA analysis

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Limited evidence for adaptive evolution and functional effect of allelic variation at rs702424 in the promoter of the TAS2R16 bitter taste receptor gene in Africa

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Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Origin and differential selection of allelic variation at TAS2R16 associated with salicin bitter taste sensitivity in Africa

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Patterns of nucleotide and haplotype diversity at ICAM-1 across global human populations with varying levels of malaria exposure

scientific article published on April 23, 2013

Population structure of human gut bacteria in a diverse cohort from rural Tanzania and Botswana

scholarly article by Matthew E B Hansen et al published 22 January 2019 in Genome Biology

Shorter telomere length in Europeans than in Africans due to polygenetic adaptation

scientific article published on 02 March 2016

The genetic structure and history of Africans and African Americans

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