Judith R. Kidd

TL;DR: It is shown that the C/C genotype strongly enhances resolution of HCV infection among individuals of both European and African ancestry, the strongest and most significant genetic effect associated with natural clearance ofHCV.

TL;DR: A resource of 1064 cultured lymphoblastoid cell lines from individuals in different world populations and corresponding milligram quantities of DNA is deposited at the Foundation Jean Dausset (CEPH) in Paris.

TL;DR: It is shown that the initial peopling followed a southward expansion facilitated by the coast, with sequential population splits and little gene flow after divergence, especially in South America.

TL;DR: A global pattern of haplotype variation and linkage disequilibrium suggests a common and recent African origin for all non-African human populations.

TL;DR: It is shown by DNA resequencing/haplotyping of 600 DRD4 alleles, representing a worldwide population sample, that the origin of 2R–6R alleles can be explained by simple one-step recombination/mutation events and the 7R allele originated as a rare mutational event that nevertheless increased to high frequency in human populations by positive selection.