My latest paper, “Reconstruction of the human amylase locus reveals ancient duplications seeding modern-day variation“ has garnered significant attention from leading publications, including CNN and The New York Times, as well as praise from scientists in the field. The study,
Stefan (Ruhl) and Omer Gokcumen recently published a comprehensive survey of the amylase gene copy number and salivary enzyme activity among mammalian species eLife. Petar (Pajic) was the driving force for the sample collection and analysis.
New paper: Independent amylase gene duplications Read More »
Abstract Background A common, 32kb deletion of LCE3B and LCE3C genes is strongly associated with psoriasis. We recently found that this deletion is ancient, predating Human-Denisovan divergence. However, it was not clear why negative selection has not removed this
