Xinjun Zhang
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Xinjun Zhang
Assistant Professor
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      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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    • Journal Article
      Ethics and Best Practices of Studying Contemporary Human Populations
      Adegboyega M, Zhang X. Human Biology, 2023 Mar 1; 94 (2): 89 - 92. DOI:10.1353/hub.2023.a933266
    • Journal Article
      MaLAdapt Reveals Novel Targets of Adaptive Introgression From Neanderthals and Denisovans in Worldwide Human Populations.
      Zhang X, Kim B, Singh A, Sankararaman S, Durvasula A, Lohmueller KE. Mol Biol Evol, 2023 Jan 4; 40 (1): DOI:10.1093/molbev/msad001
      PMID: 36617238
    • Journal Article
      Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations.
      Zhang P, Zhang X, Zhang X, Gao X, Huerta-Sanchez E, Zwyns N. Trends Ecol Evol, 2022 Mar; 37 (3): 257 - 267. DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.004
      PMID: 34863581
    • Journal Article
      Apportioning archaic variants among modern populations.
      Witt KE, Villanea F, Loughran E, Zhang X, Huerta-Sanchez E. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 Jun 6; 377 (1852): 20200411 DOI:10.1098/rstb.2020.0411
      PMID: 35430882
    • Journal Article
      A signature of Neanderthal introgression on molecular mechanisms of environmental responses.
      Findley AS, Zhang X, Boye C, Lin YL, Kalita CA, Barreiro L, Lohmueller KE, Pique-Regi R, Luca F. PLoS Genet, 2021 Sep; 17 (9): e1009493 DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009493
      PMID: 34570765
    • Journal Article
      The history and evolution of the Denisovan-EPAS1 haplotype in Tibetans.
      Zhang X, Witt KE, Bañuelos MM, Ko A, Yuan K, Xu S, Nielsen R, Huerta-Sanchez E. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Jun 1; 118 (22): DOI:10.1073/pnas.2020803118
      PMID: 34050022
    • Journal Article
      The Impact of Recessive Deleterious Variation on Signals of Adaptive Introgression in Human Populations.
      Zhang X, Kim B, Lohmueller KE, Huerta-Sánchez E. Genetics, 2020 Jul; 215 (3): 799 - 812. DOI:10.1534/genetics.120.303081
      PMID: 32487519
    • Journal Article
      Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank.
      Berg JJ, Harpak A, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Joergensen AM, Mostafavi H, Field Y, Boyle EA, Zhang X, Racimo F, Pritchard JK, Coop G. Elife, 2019 Mar 21; 8: DOI:10.7554/eLife.39725
      PMID: 30895923