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Joseph K. Pickrell

Joseph K. Pickrell

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Genetics

D-Index
51
Citations
33363
World Ranking
3820
National Ranking
1648

Overview

Joseph K. Pickrell is affiliated with Gencove in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions span several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cancer Research, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on genetics and genomics. Key areas of focus include:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Joseph K. Pickrell has published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Genetics, Science, Genome Research, and The American Journal of Human Genetics. The distribution of publications across these venues reflects a focus on genetics and molecular biology.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching, 2020, Science
  • Low-pass sequencing increases the power of GWAS and decreases measurement error of polygenic risk scores compared to genotyping arrays, 2021, Genome Research
  • Low-coverage sequencing cost-effectively detects known and novel variation in underrepresented populations, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Assessment of Imputation from Low-Pass Sequencing to Predict Merit of Beef Steers, 2020, Genes

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joseph K. Pickrell include:

  • Jeremiah H. Li
  • Tomaz Berisa
  • Jesse L. Hoff
  • David A. Hinds
  • Chase A. Mazur

Best Publications

  • Inference of Population Splits and Mixtures from Genome-Wide Allele Frequency Data

    Joseph K. Pickrell;Jonathan K. Pritchard;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains

    Kay Prüfer;Fernando Racimo;Nick Patterson;Flora Jay

  • Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations

    Joseph K. Pickrell;Graham Coop;John Novembre;Sridhar Kudaravalli

  • Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians

    Iain Mathieson;Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick

  • Understanding mechanisms underlying human gene expression variation with RNA sequencing

    Joseph K. Pickrell;John C. Marioni;Athma A. Pai;Jacob F. Degner

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • A Systematic Survey of Loss-of-Function Variants in Human Protein-Coding Genes

    Daniel G. MacArthur;Daniel G. MacArthur;Suganthi Balasubramanian;Adam Frankish;Ni Huang

  • Detection and interpretation of shared genetic influences on 42 human traits

    Joseph K Pickrell;Tomaz Berisa;Jimmy Z Liu;Laure Ségurel

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • The genetics of human adaptation: hard sweeps, soft sweeps, and polygenic adaptation.

    Jonathan K. Pritchard;Joseph K. Pickrell;Graham Coop

  • DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines.

    Jordana T Bell;Jordana T Bell;Athma A Pai;Joseph K Pickrell;Daniel J Gaffney;Daniel J Gaffney

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation

    Jacob F. Degner;Athma A. Pai;Roger Pique-Regi;Jean Baptiste Veyrieras

  • Joint Analysis of Functional Genomic Data and Genome-wide Association Studies of 18 Human Traits

    Joseph K. Pickrell

  • Effect of read-mapping biases on detecting allele-specific expression from RNA-sequencing data

    Jacob F. Degner;John C. Marioni;Athma A. Pai;Joseph K. Pickrell

  • Approximately independent linkage disequilibrium blocks in human populations.

    Tomaz Berisa;Joseph K. Pickrell

  • Detection and interpretation of shared genetic influences on 40 human traits

    Joseph K. Pickrell;Tomaz Berisa;Laure Segurel;Joyce Y. Tung

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan K. Pritchard
Jonathan K. Pritchard Stanford University
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Philipp D. Koellinger
Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia
Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia University of Copenhagen
Lars Bertram
Lars Bertram University of Lübeck
Molly Przeworski
Molly Przeworski Columbia University
Yoav Gilad
Yoav Gilad University of Chicago
David A. Hinds
David A. Hinds 23andMe (United States)
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split

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