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Overview

R. Alan Harris is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Social Psychology, Immunology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

R. Alan Harris has published numerous papers with recent notable articles including:

  • "Sequence diversity analyses of an improved rhesus macaque genome enhance its biomedical utility," 2020, Science
  • "A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species," 2023, Science
  • "The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates," 2023, Science
  • "Primate phylogenomics uncovers multiple rapid radiations and ancient interspecific introgression," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes," 2023, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with R. Alan Harris include:

  • Jeffrey Rogers
  • Muthuswamy Raveendran
  • Matthew W. Hahn
  • Tomàs Marquès-Bonet
  • Lukas F. K. Kuderna

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS Biology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

    Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

  • Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeffrey Rogers

  • Comparison of sequencing-based methods to profile DNA methylation and identification of monoallelic epigenetic modifications

    R Alan Harris;Ting Wang;Cristian Coarfa;Raman P. Nagarajan

  • Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

    Matthew N Davies;Manuela Volta;Ruth Pidsley;Katie Lunnon

  • Season of Conception in Rural Gambia Affects DNA Methylation at Putative Human Metastable Epialleles

    Robert A. Waterland;Richard Kellermayer;Eleonora Laritsky;Pura Rayco-Solon

  • High-fat maternal diet during pregnancy persistently alters the offspring microbiome in a primate model

    Jun Ma;Amanda L. Prince;David Bader;Min Hu

  • Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes

    Lucia Carbone;R. Alan Harris;Sante Gnerre;Krishna R. Veeramah;Krishna R. Veeramah

  • The placental membrane microbiome is altered among subjects with spontaneous preterm birth with and without chorioamnionitis.

    Amanda L. Prince;Jun Ma;Paranthaman S. Kannan;Manuel Alvarez

  • The common marmoset genome provides insight into primate biology and evolution

    Kim C. Worley;Wesley C. Warren;Jeffrey Rogers;Devin Locke

  • Proinflammatory role for let-7 microRNAS in experimental asthma.

    Sumanth Polikepahad;John M. Knight;Arash O. Naghavi;Toni Oplt

  • Transcriptome Profiling of microRNA by Next-Gen Deep Sequencing Reveals Known and Novel miRNA Species in the Lipid Fraction of Human Breast Milk

    Erika M. Munch;R. Alan Harris;Mahmoud Mohammad;Ashley L. Benham

  • GASZ Is Essential for Male Meiosis and Suppression of Retrotransposon Expression in the Male Germline

    Lang Ma;Gregory M. Buchold;Michael P. Greenbaum;Angshumoy Roy

  • A maternal high-fat diet modulates fetal SIRT1 histone and protein deacetylase activity in nonhuman primates

    Melissa A. Suter;Aishe Chen;Marie S. Burdine;Mahua Choudhury

  • MicroRNA transcriptome in the newborn mouse ovaries determined by massive parallel sequencing

    Hyo Won Ahn;Ryan D. Morin;Han Zhao;Ronald A. Harris

  • The comparative genomics and complex population history of Papio baboons

    Jeffrey Rogers;Jeffrey Rogers;Muthuswamy Raveendran;R. Alan Harris;R. Alan Harris;Thomas Mailund

  • Colonic mucosal DNA methylation, immune response, and microbiome patterns in Toll-like receptor 2-knockout mice

    Richard Kellermayer;Scot E. Dowd;R. Alan Harris;Alfred Balasa

  • A sequence-level map of chromosomal breakpoints in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line yields insights into the evolution of a cancer genome

    Oliver A. Hampton;Petra Den Hollander;Christopher A. Miller;David A. Delgado

  • Maternal methyl-donor supplementation induces prolonged murine offspring colitis susceptibility in association with mucosal epigenetic and microbiomic changes

    Tiffany D. Schaible;R. Alan Harris;Scot E. Dowd;C. Wayne Smith

  • Sequence diversity analyses of an improved rhesus macaque genome enhance its biomedical utility

    Wesley C. Warren;R. Alan Harris;Marina Haukness;Ian T. Fiddes

  • DNA Methylation Profiling in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Provides New Insights into Disease Pathogenesis.

    Edel McDermott;Elizabeth J. Ryan;Miriam Tosetto;David Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Rogers
Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Aleksandar Milosavljevic
Aleksandar Milosavljevic Baylor College of Medicine
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Cristian Coarfa
Cristian Coarfa Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew W. Hahn
Matthew W. Hahn Indiana University
Rui Chen
Rui Chen Capital Medical University
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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