Laure Ségurel

TL;DR: A method to identify pairs of traits that have multiple genetic causes in common that show evidence of a causal relationship is developed, and shows evidence that increased body mass index causally increases triglyceride levels.

TL;DR: With the recent revolution in sequencing, the unresolved question of what influences the range and values of genetic diversity across taxa is revisited.

TL;DR: It is now feasible to count de novo mutations in transmissions from parents to offspring, and this direct approach yields a mutation rate that is twofold lower than previous estimates, calling into question the authors' understanding of the chronology of human evolution and raising the possibility that mutation rates have evolved relatively rapidly.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that ancient balancing selection has shaped human variation and point to genes involved in host-pathogen interactions as common targets.

TL;DR: A fine-scale genetic map of the Western chimpanzee is constructed from high-throughput sequence data and shows that chimpanzee recombination is dominated by hotspots, which show no overlap with those of humans even though rates are similarly elevated around CpG islands and decreased within genes.