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Kenneth K. Kidd

Kenneth K. Kidd

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Genetics

D-Index
121
Citations
56355
World Ranking
364
National Ranking
185

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth K. Kidd is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields. Additional areas of study include Nutrition and Dietetics, Literature and Literary Theory, and Geography, Planning and Development.

The researcher's publications cover a range of topics within the main themes of Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic diversity and population structure, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and research on Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include A.J. Pakstis, Lotfi Cherni, William C. Speed, Michael T. Murtha, and Özlem Bülbül.

Publication venues where Kenneth K. Kidd frequently contributes include Forensic Science International Genetics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Children's Literature Association quarterly, and Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine.

Recent papers by this scientist are:

  • A sequence-based 74plex microhaplotype assay for analysis of forensic DNA mixtures, 2020, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • Postglacial genomes from foragers across Northern Eurasia reveal prehistoric mobility associated with the spread of the Uralic and Yeniseian languages, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Validation of novel forensic DNA markers using multiplex microhaplotype sequencing, 2020, Forensic Science International Genetics
  • Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers, 2022, Science
  • State of the Art for Microhaplotypes, 2022, Genes

Kenneth K. Kidd was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982.

Best Publications

  • Genetic Structure of Human Populations

    Noah A. Rosenberg;Jonathan K. Pritchard;James L. Weber;Howard M. Cann

  • Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus

    David L. Thomas;Chloe L Thio;Maureen P. Martin;Ying Qi

  • A Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel

    Howard M. Cann;Claudia De Toma;Lucien Cazes;Marie Fernande Legrand

  • Exome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic RAC1 mutations in melanoma.

    Michael Krauthammer;Yong Lin Kong;Byung Hak Ha;Perry Evans

  • Bipolar affective disorders linked to DNA markers on chromosome 11.

    Janice A. Egeland;Daniela S. Gerhard;Daniela S. Gerhard;David L. Pauls;James N. Sussex

  • Reconstructing Native American population history

    David Emil Reich;David Emil Reich;Nick Patterson;Desmond Campbell;Desmond Campbell;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon

  • A SNP in a let-7 microRNA Complementary Site in the KRAS 3′ Untranslated Region Increases Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Risk

    Lena J. Chin;Elena Ratner;Shuguang Leng;Rihong Zhai

  • Evidence of positive selection acting at the human dopamine receptor D4 gene locus

    Yuan-Chun Ding;Han-Chang Chi;Deborah L. Grady;Atsuyuki Morishima

  • Global Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium at the CD4 Locus and Modern Human Origins

    S. A. Tishkoff;E. Dietzsch;W. Speed;A. J. Pakstis

  • A hypervariable segment in the human dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene

    Jay B. Lichter;Cathy L. Barr;James L. Kennedy;Hubert H.M. Van Tol

  • Implications of biogeography of human populations for 'race' and medicine.

    Sarah A Tishkoff;Kenneth K Kidd

  • The world-wide distribution of allele frequencies at the human dopamine D4 receptor locus.

    Fong-Ming Chang;Judith R. Kidd;Kenneth J. Livak;Andrew J. Pakstis

  • Re-evaluation of the linkage relationship between chromosome 11p loci and the gene for bipolar affective disorder in the old order amish

    John R. Kelsoe;Edward I. Ginns;Janice A. Egeland;Daniela S. Gerhard

  • Drift, admixture, and selection in human evolution : a study with DNA polymorphisms

    A M Bowcock;J R Kidd;J L Mountain;J M Hebert

  • Global Variation in the Frequencies of Functionally Different catechol-O-methyltransferase Alleles

    Meg A Palmatier;A.Min Kang;Kenneth K Kidd

  • Assignment of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A to chromosome 10 by linkage

    N. E. Simpson;K. K. Kidd;P. J. Goodfellow;H. McDermid

  • Effects of Traditional and Western Environments on Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in Pima Indians in Mexico and the U.S.

    Leslie O. Schulz;Peter H. Bennett;Eric Ravussin;Judith R. Kidd

  • Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans

    Brenna M. Henn;Christopher R. Gignoux;Matthew Jobin;Julie M. Granka

  • HAPLO: A Program Using the EM Algorithm to Estimate the Frequencies of Multi-site Haplotypes

    M. E. Hawley;K. K. Kidd

  • An international two-stage genome-wide search for schizophrenia susceptibility genes.

    H.W. Moises;L. Yang;H. Kristbjarnarson;C. Wiese

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith R. Kidd
Judith R. Kidd Yale University
Andrew J. Pakstis
Andrew J. Pakstis Yale University
Anne M. Bowcock
Anne M. Bowcock Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David L. Pauls
David L. Pauls Harvard University
David Neil Cooper
David Neil Cooper Cardiff University
Judi E. Hewitt
Judi E. Hewitt University of Auckland
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Frank H. Ruddle
Frank H. Ruddle Yale University
Huntington F. Willard
Huntington F. Willard Duke University
Jacques S. Beckmann
Jacques S. Beckmann University of Lausanne

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