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Overview

Simon Myers is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Their recent publications include:

  • Rapid genotype imputation from sequence with reference panels, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Inferring Population Histories for Ancient Genomes Using Genome-Wide Genealogies, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • ZCWPW1 is recruited to recombination hotspots by PRDM9 and is essential for meiotic double strand break repair, 2020, eLife
  • Relating pathogenic loss-of-function mutations in humans to their evolutionary fitness costs, 2023, eLife
  • Fine-scale population structure and widespread conservation of genetic effect sizes between human groups across traits, 2025, Nature Genetics

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon Myers are:

  • Sinan Shi
  • Sile Hu
  • Garrett Hellenthal
  • Jonathan Marchini
  • R. W. Davies

Their publications have been regularly featured in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • eLife
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

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

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • 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

  • A new multipoint method for genome-wide association studies by imputation of genotypes

    Jonathan Marchini;Bryan Howie;Simon Myers;Gil McVean

  • 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

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • A Fine-Scale Map of Recombination Rates and Hotspots Across the Human Genome

    Simon Myers;Leonardo Bottolo;Colin Freeman;Gil McVean

  • Inference of population structure using dense haplotype data

    Daniel John Lawson;Garrett Hellenthal;Simon Myers;Daniel Falush

  • The fine-scale structure of recombination rate variation in the human genome.

    Gilean A. T. McVean;Simon R. Myers;Sarah Hunt;Panos Deloukas

  • Great ape genetic diversity and population history

    Javier Prado-Martinez;Peter H. Sudmant;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Heng Li

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

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

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • A genetic atlas of human admixture history.

    Garrett Hellenthal;George B. J. Busby;Gavin Band;James F. Wilson

  • Drive Against Hotspot Motifs in Primates Implicates the PRDM9 Gene in Meiotic Recombination

    Simon Myers;Simon Myers;Rory Bowden;Rory Bowden;Afidalina Tumian;Ronald E. Bontrop

  • Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer.

    Christopher A Haiman;Nick Patterson;Matthew L Freedman;Matthew L Freedman;Simon R Myers

  • Sensitive detection of chromosomal segments of distinct ancestry in admixed populations.

    Alkes L. Price;Arti Tandon;Arti Tandon;Nick Patterson;Kathleen C Barnes

  • A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

    Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

  • The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population

    Stephen Leslie;Stephen Leslie;Bruce Winney;Garrett Hellenthal;Dan Davison

  • A common sequence motif associated with recombination hot spots and genome instability in humans

    Simon Myers;Simon Myers;Colin Freeman;Adam Auton;Adam Auton;Peter Donnelly;Peter Donnelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Donnelly
Peter Donnelly University of Oxford
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Gil McVean
Gil McVean University of Oxford
Jonathan Marchini
Jonathan Marchini Regeneron (United States)
Adam Auton
Adam Auton 23andMe (United States)
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University
Alkes L. Price
Alkes L. Price Harvard University
Stephen F. Schaffner
Stephen F. Schaffner Broad Institute
Pardis C. Sabeti
Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University

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