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Overview

Mark D. Shriver is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Geometry and Topology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology as subfields of study.

The scientist's main topics of research include morphological variations and asymmetry, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, dental development and anomalies, gene expression and cancer classification, genetic associations and epidemiology, cleft lip and palate research, and face recognition and analysis.

Mark D. Shriver has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Shared heritability of human face and brain shape, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Decoding the Human Face: Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Genetics of Craniofacial Morphology, 2022, Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
  • Large-scale open-source three-dimensional growth curves for clinical facial assessment and objective description of facial dysmorphism, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • 3D facial phenotyping by biometric sibling matching used in contemporary genomic methodologies, 2021, PLoS Genetics

The frequent co-authors working alongside Mark D. Shriver include Peter Claes, Susan Walsh, Seth M. Weinberg, Hanne Hoskens, and Mary L. Marazita.

Publications by this researcher are frequently found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Nature Genetics, PLoS Genetics, and Frontiers in Genetics.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • SLC24A5, a Putative Cation Exchanger, Affects Pigmentation in Zebrafish and Humans

    Rebecca L. Lamason;Manzoor Ali P.K. Mohideen;Manzoor Ali P.K. Mohideen;Jason R. Mest;Andrew C. Wong;Andrew C. Wong

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

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

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Estimating African American admixture proportions by use of population-specific alleles.

    Esteban J. Parra;Amy Marcini;Joshua Akey;Jeremy Martinson

  • Microsatellite DNA Variation and the Evolution, Domestication and Phylogeography of Taurine and Zebu Cattle (Bos taurus and Bos indicus)

    David E. MacHugh;Mark D. Shriver;Ronan T. Loftus;Patrick Cunningham

  • Skin pigmentation, biogeographical ancestry and admixture mapping

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

  • Identifying Signatures of Natural Selection in Tibetan and Andean Populations Using Dense Genome Scan Data

    Abigail Bigham;Abigail Bigham;Marc Bauchet;Dalila Pinto;Xianyun Mao

  • Control of Confounding of Genetic Associations in Stratified Populations

    Clive J. Hoggart;Esteban J. Parra;Mark D. Shriver;Carolina Bonilla

  • Population History and Natural Selection Shape Patterns of Genetic Variation in 132 Genes

    Joshua M Akey;Michael A Eberle;Mark J Rieder;Christopher S Carlson

  • Ethnic-affiliation estimation by use of population-specific DNA markers.

    Mark D. Shriver;Michael W. Smith;Li Jin;Amy Marcini

  • Genetic Evidence for the Convergent Evolution of Light Skin in Europeans and East Asians

    Heather L. Norton;Heather L. Norton;Rick A. Kittles;Esteban Parra;Paul McKeigue

  • VNTR allele frequency distributions under the stepwise mutation model: a computer simulation approach.

    M. D. Shriver;Li Jin;Ranajit Chakraborty;E. Boerwinkle

  • A NOVEL MEASURE OF GENETIC DISTANCE FOR HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC TANDEM REPEAT LOCI

    M D Shriver;L Jin;E Boerwinkle;R Deka

  • cis-Regulatory Changes in Kit Ligand Expression and Parallel Evolution of Pigmentation in Sticklebacks and Humans

    Craig T. Miller;Sandra Beleza;Alex A. Pollen;Dolph Schluter

  • Parallel genotyping of over 10,000 SNPs using a one-primer assay on a high-density oligonucleotide array.

    Hajime Matsuzaki;Halina Loi;Shoulian Dong;Ya Yu Tsai

  • Design and Analysis of Admixture Mapping Studies

    C. J. Hoggart;M. D. Shriver;R. A. Kittles;D. G. Clayton

  • African origin of modern humans in East Asia: a tale of 12,000 Y chromosomes.

    Yuehai Ke;Bing Su;Bing Su;Bing Su;Xiufeng Song;Daru Lu

  • A panel of ancestry informative markers for estimating individual biogeographical ancestry and admixture from four continents: utility and applications.

    Indrani Halder;Mark Shriver;Matt Thomas;Jose R Fernandez

  • Ancestral proportions and admixture dynamics in geographically defined African Americans living in South Carolina

    E.J. Parra;R.A. Kittles;G. Argyropoulos;C.L. Pfaff

Frequent Co-Authors

Esteban J. Parra
Esteban J. Parra University of Toronto
Lorna G. Moore
Lorna G. Moore University of Colorado Denver
Paul McKeigue
Paul McKeigue University of Edinburgh
Robert E. Ferrell
Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh
Ranjan Deka
Ranjan Deka University of Cincinnati
Nina G. Jablonski
Nina G. Jablonski Pennsylvania State University
Li Jin
Li Jin Fudan University
Mary L. Marazita
Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh
Joshua M. Akey
Joshua M. Akey Princeton University
Joanna Wysocka
Joanna Wysocka Stanford University

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