Ranjan Deka

TL;DR: The genetic distance between humans and chimpanzees was found to be ninefold smaller than expected assuming there is no selection or mutational bias toward retention of (CA)n repeat arrays, which suggests a functional significance for these microsatellite loci.

TL;DR: This work provides a mathematical basis for suggesting a measure of genetic distance between populations based on microsatellite variation and indicates that such a genetic distance measure can remain proportional to the divergence time of populations even when the forward-backward mutations produce variable and/or directionally biased alleles size changes.

TL;DR: The prevalence of obesity‐related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and associated risk factors in a sample of Samoan adults studied in 2010 as part of a genome‐wide assocation study (GWAS) for obesity related traits is described.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that blood spots on FTA cards are a more efficient source of DNA for I-PEP as compared to MDA, especially for STR analysis, and the specificity of the I- PEP products appears to be higher, particularly in the analysis of STR loci.

TL;DR: The results imply that rare variants, in particular those in regions of low linkage disequilibrium, are a major source of the still missing heritability of complex traits and disease.