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Genetics
China
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
94
Citations
48270
World Ranking
921
National Ranking
16

Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
45839
World Ranking
12918
National Ranking
142

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • DNA

His primary areas of investigation include Genetics, Haplotype, Evolutionary biology, Genetic variation and Locus. His research on Genetics frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Population genetics. His Haplotype research incorporates themes from Y chromosome and Human genome.

His Evolutionary biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Gene flow and Demographic history. His Genetic variation research includes themes of Human genetic variation and Common chimpanzee. His biological study deals with issues like Genetic association, which deal with fields such as Imputation, Structural variation and Haplotype estimation.

His most cited work include:

  • A haplotype map of the human genome (5144 citations)
  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs (3819 citations)
  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations (1413 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Li Jin mainly focuses on Genetics, Evolutionary biology, Allele, Haplotype and Locus. His work in Microsatellite, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Allele frequency, Linkage disequilibrium and Genotype is related to Genetics. Li Jin interconnects Genetic association and Tag SNP in the investigation of issues within Linkage disequilibrium.

His Evolutionary biology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Y chromosome, Genetic structure, Population genetics and Haplogroup. His Haplotype research integrates issues from Mutation, Human evolution, Human genome and Mitochondrial DNA. His Locus study deals with Genetic marker intersecting with Genetic distance.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Genetics (76.80%)
  • Evolutionary biology (33.51%)
  • Allele (27.84%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2019)?

  • East Asia (29.90%)
  • Genetics (76.80%)
  • Evolutionary biology (33.51%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include East Asia, Genetics, Evolutionary biology, Genetic structure and Haplogroup. As part of his studies on Genetics, he frequently links adjacent subjects like Hidradenitis suppurativa. He has researched Evolutionary biology in several fields, including Haplogroup D-M15, Haplogroup M, Population genetics, Mitochondrial DNA and Gene flow.

His research integrates issues of Ecology, Genetic marker, Microsatellite, Genetic genealogy and Traditional medicine in his study of Genetic structure. His Haplogroup study combines topics in areas such as Y chromosome and Molecular clock. His study in the fields of Allele frequency under the domain of Allele overlaps with other disciplines such as Ectodysplasin A receptor.

Between 2009 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Modeling recent human evolution in mice by expression of a selected EDAR variant (178 citations)
  • Modeling recent human evolution in mice by expression of a selected EDAR variant (178 citations)
  • Ancestral Origins and Genetic History of Tibetan Highlanders (102 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • DNA

Li Jin spends much of his time researching East Asia, Haplotype, Genetics, Last Glacial Maximum and Haplogroup. His Haplotype research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Ectodermal dysplasia, Allele frequency and OCA2. His Genetics study frequently draws connections to other fields, such as Molecular anthropology.

His Last Glacial Maximum research spans across into areas like Genetic structure, Southeast asian, Ecology, Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup and Early human migrations. His Haplogroup research incorporates themes from Clade, Lineage, Molecular clock, Phylogenetic tree and Divergence. The concepts of his Allele study are interwoven with issues in Mutation, Phenotype, Human evolution and Human genome.

Best Publications

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Genetic variation at five trimeric and tetrameric tandem repeat loci in four human population groups.

    Al Edwards;Holly A. Hammond;Li Jin;C.Thomas Caskey;C.Thomas Caskey

  • Y chromosome sequence variation and the history of human populations

    Underhill Pa;Shen P;Lin Aa;Jin L

  • Interrogating a High-Density SNP Map for Signatures of Natural Selection

    Joshua M. Akey;Ge Zhang;Kun Zhang;Kun Zhang;Li Jin

  • Detection of Numerous Y Chromosome Biallelic Polymorphisms by Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

    Peter A. Underhill;Li Jin;Alice A. Lin;S. Qasim Mehdi

  • Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia

    Mahmood Ameen Abdulla;Ikhlak Ahmed;Anunchai Assawamakin;Anunchai Assawamakin;Jong Bhak

  • Kin selection, social structure, gene flow, and the evolution of chimpanzees

    Phillip A. Morin;James J. Moore;Ranajit Chakraborty;Li Jin

  • What is going on in magnesium alloys

    X.J. Wang;D.K. Xu;R.Z. Wu;X.B. Chen

  • Evaluation of 13 short tandem repeat loci for use in personal identification applications.

    H. A. Hammond;Li Jin;Y. Zhong;C. T. Caskey

  • Skin pigmentation, biogeographical ancestry and admixture mapping

    Mark D. Shriver;Esteban J. Parra;Esteban J. Parra;Sonia Dios;Carolina Bonilla

  • The Eurasian Heartland: A continental perspective on Y-chromosome diversity

    R S Wells;N Yuldasheva;R Ruzibakiev;P A Underhill

  • Y-Chromosome Evidence for a Northward Migration of Modern Humans into Eastern Asia during the Last Ice Age

    Bing Su;Junhua Xiao;Peter Underhill;Ranjan Deka

  • Haplotypes vs single marker linkage disequilibrium tests: what do we gain?

    Joshua Akey;Li Jin;Momiao Xiong

  • Distribution of Recombination Crossovers and the Origin of Haplotype Blocks: The Interplay of Population History, Recombination, and Mutation

    Ning Wang;Joshua M. Akey;Kun Zhang;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • Genetic relationship of populations in China

    J. Y. Chu;W. Huang;S. Q. Kuang;J. M. Wang

  • Determination of ancestral alleles for human single-nucleotide polymorphisms using high-density oligonucleotide arrays

    J. G. Hacia;J.-B. Fan;O. Ryder;Li Jin;Li Jin

  • Limitations of the evolutionary parsimony method of phylogenetic analysis.

    Li Jin;Masatoshi Nei

  • A pre-Columbian Y chromosome-specific transition and its implications for human evolutionary history.

    Peter A. Underhill;Li Jin;Rachel Zemans;Peter J. Oefner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ranajit Chakraborty
Ranajit Chakraborty University of North Texas Health Science Center
Bing Su
Bing Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ranjan Deka
Ranjan Deka University of Cincinnati
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Daru Lu
Daru Lu Fudan University
John D. Reveille
John D. Reveille The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Joshua M. Akey
Joshua M. Akey Princeton University
Momiao Xiong
Momiao Xiong The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Mark D. Shriver
Mark D. Shriver Pennsylvania State University
Peter A. Underhill
Peter A. Underhill Stanford University

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