Search Results - "Woerner, E."

Forensic Human Identification Using Skin Microbiomes by Schmedes, Sarah E, Woerner, August E, Budowle, Bruce

“…The human microbiome contributes significantly to the genetic content of the human body. Genetic and environmental factors help shape the microbiome, and as…”
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mixIndependR: a R package for statistical independence testing of loci in database of multi-locus genotypes by Song, Bing, Woerner, August E, Planz, John

“…Multi-locus genotype data are widely used in population genetics and disease studies. In evaluating the utility of multi-locus data, the independence of…”
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Genetic evidence for archaic admixture in Africa by Hammer, Michael F, Woerner, August E, Mendez, Fernando L, Watkins, Joseph C, Wall, Jeffrey D

“…A long-debated question concerns the fate of archaic forms of the genus HOMO: did they go extinct without interbreeding with anatomically modern humans, or are…”
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Recombination-filtered genomic datasets by information maximization by Woerner, August E., Cox, Murray P., Hammer, Michael F.

“…With the increasing amount of DNA sequence data available from natural populations, new computational methods are needed to efficiently process raw sequences…”
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Sex-biased evolutionary forces shape genomic patterns of human diversity by Hammer, Michael F, Mendez, Fernando L, Cox, Murray P, Woerner, August E, Wall, Jeffrey D

“…Comparisons of levels of variability on the autosomes and X chromosome can be used to test hypotheses about factors influencing patterns of genomic variation…”
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The Time Scale of Recombination Rate Evolution in Great Apes by Stevison, Laurie S, Woerner, August E, Kidd, Jeffrey M, Kelley, Joanna L, Veeramah, Krishna R, McManus, Kimberly F, Bustamante, Carlos D, Hammer, Michael F, Wall, Jeffrey D

“…We present three linkage-disequilibrium (LD)-based recombination maps generated using whole-genome sequence data from 10 Nigerian chimpanzees, 13 bonobos, and…”
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Resistome diversity in cattle and the environment decreases during beef production by Noyes, Noelle R, Yang, Xiang, Linke, Lyndsey M, Magnuson, Roberta J, Dettenwanger, Adam, Cook, Shaun, Geornaras, Ifigenia, Woerner, Dale E, Gow, Sheryl P, McAllister, Tim A, Yang, Hua, Ruiz, Jaime, Jones, Kenneth L, Boucher, Christina A, Morley, Paul S, Belk, Keith E

“…Antimicrobial resistant determinants (ARDs) can be transmitted from livestock systems through meat products or environmental effluents. The public health risk…”
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An African American Paternal Lineage Adds an Extremely Ancient Root to the Human Y Chromosome Phylogenetic Tree by Mendez, Fernando L., Krahn, Thomas, Schrack, Bonnie, Krahn, Astrid-Maria, Veeramah, Krishna R., Woerner, August E., Fomine, Forka Leypey Mathew, Bradman, Neil, Thomas, Mark G., Karafet, Tatiana M., Hammer, Michael F.

“…We report the discovery of an African American Y chromosome that carries the ancestral state of all SNPs that defined the basal portion of the Y chromosome…”
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Evidence for increased levels of positive and negative selection on the X chromosome versus autosomes in humans by Veeramah, Krishna R, Gutenkunst, Ryan N, Woerner, August E, Watkins, Joseph C, Hammer, Michael F

“…Partially recessive variants under positive selection are expected to go to fixation more quickly on the X chromosome as a result of hemizygosity, an effect…”
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Examining phylogenetic relationships among gibbon genera using whole genome sequence data using an approximate bayesian computation approach by Veeramah, Krishna R, Woerner, August E, Johnstone, Laurel, Gut, Ivo, Gut, Marta, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Carbone, Lucia, Wall, Jeff D, Hammer, Michael F

“…Gibbons are believed to have diverged from the larger great apes ∼16.8 MYA and today reside in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Based on their diploid…”
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Evaluating the Impact of Dropout and Genotyping Error on SNP-Based Kinship Analysis With Forensic Samples by Turner, Stephen D., Nagraj, V.P., Scholz, Matthew, Jessa, Shakeel, Acevedo, Carlos, Ge, Jianye, Woerner, August E., Budowle, Bruce

“…Technological advances in sequencing and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping microarray technology have facilitated advances in forensic analysis…”
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Towards large area CVD diamond disks for Brewster-angle windows by Aiello, G., Schreck, S., Avramidis, K.A., Franke, T., Gantenbein, G., Jelonnek, J., Meier, A., Scherer, T., Strauss, D., Thumm, M., Tran, M.Q., Wild, C., Woerner, E.

“…•The diamond Brewster-angle window is a key component for long pulse step-frequency tuneable gyrotrons in EU DEMO reactor at 2 MW RF tube power.•Large optical…”
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Microbial enrichment and gene functional categories revealed on the walls of a spent fuel pool of a nuclear power plant by Silva, Rosane, de Almeida, Darcy Muniz, Cabral, Bianca Catarina Azeredo, Dias, Victor Hugo Giordano, Mello, Isadora Cristina de Toledo E, Ürményi, Turán Péter, Woerner, August E, Neto, Rodrigo Soares de Moura, Budowle, Bruce, Nassar, Cristina Aparecida Gomes

“…Microorganisms developing in the liner of the spent fuel pool (SFP) and the fuel transfer channel (FTC) of a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) can form high radiation…”
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Artificial fingerprints for cross-comparison of forensic DNA and protein recovery methods by LeSassier, Danielle S, Schulte, Kathleen Q, Manley, Tara E, Smith, Alan R, Powals, Megan L, Albright, Nicolette C, Ludolph, Benjamin C, Weber, Katharina L, Woerner, August E, Gardner, Myles W, Hewitt, F Curtis

“…Quantitative genomic and proteomic evaluation of human latent fingerprint depositions represents a challenge within the forensic field, due to the high…”
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A cell surface receptor mediates extracellular Ca2+ sensing in guard cells by SHENGCHENG HAN, RUHANG TANG, ANDERSON, Lisa K, WOERNER, Todd E, PEL, Zhen-Ming

“…Extracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+o) is required for various physiological and developmental processes in animals and plants. In response to varied Ca2+o levels, plants…”
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skater: an R package for SNP-based kinship analysis, testing, and evaluation [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Turner, Stephen D., Nagraj, V.P., Scholz, Matthew, Jessa, Shakeel, Acevedo, Carlos, Ge, Jianye, Woerner, August E., Budowle, Bruce

“…Motivation: SNP-based kinship analysis with genome-wide relationship estimation and IBD segment analysis methods produces results that often require further…”
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3D Printing for Bio-Synthetic Biliary Stents by Boyer, Christen J, Boktor, Moheb, Samant, Hrishikesh, White, Luke A, Wang, Yuping, Ballard, David H, Huebert, Robert C, Woerner, Jennifer E, Ghali, Ghali E, Alexander, Jonathan S

“…Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an additive manufacturing method that holds great potential in a variety of future patient-specific medical technologies…”
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vcferr: Development, validation, and application of a single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping error simulation framework [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] by Nagraj, V.P., Scholz, Matthew, Jessa, Shakeel, Ge, Jianye, Woerner, August E., Huang, Meng, Budowle, Bruce, Turner, Stephen D.

“…Motivation: Genotyping error can impact downstream single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based analyses. Simulating various modes and levels of error can help…”
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Autosomal resequence data reveal Late Stone Age signals of population expansion in sub-Saharan African foraging and farming populations by Cox, Murray P, Morales, David A, Woerner, August E, Sozanski, Jesse, Wall, Jeffrey D, Hammer, Michael F

“…A major unanswered question in the evolution of Homo sapiens is when anatomically modern human populations began to expand: was demographic growth associated…”
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Evaluation of 16S rRNA Hypervariable Regions for Bioweapon Species Detection by Massively Parallel Sequencing by Silva, Rosane, Budowle, Bruce, Woerner, August E., Cabral, Bianca C. A., Azevedo-Martins, Allan C., Gomes, Priscila da S. F. C., Dias, Victor H. G., Moura-Neto, Rodrigo S.

“…Molecular detection and classification of the bacterial groups in a sample are relevant in several areas, including medical research and forensics. Sanger…”
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