Admixture Dynamics, Natural Selection and Diseases in Admixed Populations

Wenfei Jin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

114 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-017-7406-2 (ISBN)

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In this thesis, Dr. Jin presents the distribution of ancestral chromosomal segments in the admixed genome, which could provide the information needed to explore population admixture dynamics. The author derives accurate population histories of African Americans and Mexicans using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data. Mapping the genetic background facilitates the study of natural selection in the admixed population, and the author identifies the signals of selection in African Americans since their African ancestors left for America. He further demonstrates that many of the selection signals were associated with African American-specific high-risk diseases such as prostate cancer and hypertension, suggesting an important role these disease-related genes might have played in adapting to their new environment. Lastly, the author reveals the complexity of natural selection in shaping human susceptibility to disease. The thesis significantly advances our understanding of the recent population admixture, adaptation to local environment and its health implications.

Wenfei Jin obtained his Ph.D. from Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was supervised by Prof. Li Jin from Fudan University and Prof. Shuhua Xu from SIBS. During his Ph.D. study, Wenfei Jin published 11 research articles, of which 6 articles are as first or co-first author. He received SIBS-Eli Lilly Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Awards from Eli Lilly, China, in 2012, and won the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of CAS in 2013. Dr. Wenfei Jin is now a visiting fellow at NHLBI, National Institute of Health in the USA.

Introduction.- Distribution of length of ancestral chromosomal segments in admixed genomes.- Exploring population admixture dynamics via distribution of LACS.- Genome-wide search for signatures of natural selection in African Americans.- Complex selective forces shaping the genes underlying human diseases.- Materials and Methods

Erscheinungsdatum	09.01.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	29 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; XIX, 114 p. 32 illus., 29 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Schlagworte	African Americans • African American specific high risk disease • copy number variation (CNV) • Mendelian disease • Population Admixture • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)
ISBN-10	94-017-7406-4 / 9401774064
ISBN-13	978-94-017-7406-2 / 9789401774062
Zustand	Neuware