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Dr Kaustubh Adhikari

Kaustubh Adhikari

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PhD in Biostatistics, Harvard University.
M.Sc. in Biostatistics, Harvard University.
M.Stat. in Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute.
B.Stat. in Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University College London.

Research interests

The main area of my research is Statistical Genetics. My research interests on human genetics can be split into two major avenues:  

  • Population genetics of admixed human populations, such as Latin America and South Asia.
  • The genetics of human appearance and normal physical variation, such as facial morphology or pigmentation. I study these through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and build prediction models for forensic reconstruction.

In these contexts, I study signals of natural selection and evolution, such as the evolution of light skin in Eurasia. 

I’m looking into developing computational methods to address big data problems in high-dimensional genetic and phenotypic data.

A key focus of my work is increasing the diversity of genetics research, by looking at other diverse human populations outside of the Eurocentric emphasis in most GWAS studies

Impact and engagement

I have a keen interest in public engagement on statistics and statistical genetics, in particular about their misuse and misunderstandings. 

  • I am the Statistics consultant for the BBC radio program ‘More or Less’.
  • I present Masterclasses on Statistics at the Royal Institution.
  • I have written popular science articles at The Conversation and on OpenLearn.
  • My forensics research have been featured on ‘DNA+’, a BBC documentary exploring modern genetics.

Externally funded projects

RAMP Outreach Innovation Award
RoleStart dateEnd dateFunding source
Lead20 May 202230 Dec 2022University of Cambridge

Payment of Graphic Artist

Publications

Health Economic Consequences Associated With COVID-19–Related Delay in Melanoma Diagnosis in Europe (2024)
Maul, Lara V.; Jamiolkowski, Dagmar; Lapides, Rebecca A.; Mueller, Alina M.; Hauschild, Axel; Garbe, Claus; Lorigan, Paul; Gershenwald, Jeffrey E.; Ascierto, Paolo Antonio; Long, Georgina V.; Wang-Evers, Michael; Scolyer, Richard A.; Saravi, Babak; Augustin, Matthias; Navarini, Alexander A.; Legge, Stefan; Németh, István B.; Jánosi, Ágnes J.; Mocellin, Simone; Feller, Anita; Manstein, Dieter; Zink, Alexander; Maul, Julia-Tatjana; Buja, Alessandra; Adhikari, Kaustubh and Roider, Elisabeth
JAMA Network Open, 7, Article e2356479(2)


Neanderthal introgression in SCN9A impacts mechanical pain sensitivity (2023-10-10)
Faux, Pierre; Ding, Li; Ramirez-Aristeguieta, Luis Miguel; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Comini, Maddalena; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Barquera, Rodrigo; Everardo-Martínez, Paola; Quinto-Sánchez, Mirsha; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Schüler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer, Francisco; Rojas, Winston; Schmid, Annina B.; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Bennett, David L. and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Communications Biology, 6, Article 958


Combined genome-wide association study of 136 quantitative ear morphology traits in multiple populations reveal 8 novel loci (2023-07-17)
Li, Yi; Xiong, Ziyi; Zhang, Manfei; Hysi, Pirro G.; Qian, Yu; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Weng, Jun; Wu, Sijie; Du, Siyuan; Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Catira; Acuna-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Wang, Jiucun; Tan, Jingze; Yuan, Ziyu; Jin, Li; Uitterlinden, André G.; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Ikram, M. Arfan; Nijsten, Tamar; Zhu, Xiangyu; Lei, Zhen; Jia, Peilin; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Spector, Timothy D.; Wang, Sijia; Kayser, Manfred and Liu, Fan
PLOS Genetics, 19, Article e1010786(7)


Sequential changes in cellular properties accompanying amniote somite formation (2023-03)
Piatkowska, Agnieszka M.; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Moverley, Adam A.; Turmaine, Mark; Glazier, James A.; Plachta, Nicolas; Evans, Susan E. and Stern, Claudio D.
Journal of Anatomy, 242(3) (pp. 417-435)


Dental size variation in admixed Latin Americans: Effects of age, sex and genomic ancestry (2023)
Yang, Guangrui; Chen, Yingjie; Li, Qing; Benítez, Daniel; Ramírez, Luis Miguel; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Hanihara, Tsunehiko; Scott, G. Richard; Acuña Alonzo, Victor; Gonzalez Jose, Rolando; Bortolini, Maria Catira; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer, Francisco; Rojas, Winston; Zanolli, Clément; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Ruiz-Linares, Andres and Delgado, Miguel
PLOS ONE, 18, Article e0285264(5)


Automatic landmarking identifies new loci associated with face morphology and implicates Neanderthal introgression in human nasal shape (2023)
Li, Qing; Chen, Jieyi; Faux, Pierre; Delgado, Miguel Eduardo; Bonfante, Betty; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Barquera, Rodrigo; Everardo-Martínez, Paola; Sánchez-Quinto, Mirsha; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Wu, Sijie; Du, Siyuan; Giardina, Andrea; Paria, Soumya Subhra; Khokan, Mahfuzur Rahman; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Schüler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Rojas, Winston; Rothhammer, Francisco; Navarro, Nicolas; Wang, Sijia; Adhikari, Kaustubh and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Communications Biology, 6, Article 481(1)


Genome-wide association studies identify DNA variants influencing eyebrow thickness variation in Europeans and across continental populations (2022-11-17)
Peng, Fuduan; Xiong, Ziyi; Zhu, Gu; Hysi, Pirro G.; Eller, Ryan J.; Wu, Sijie; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Chen, Yan; Li, Yi; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Schüler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Uitterlinden, André G.; Ikram, M. Arfan; Nijsten, Tamar; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; Wang, Sijia; Walsh, Susan; Spector, Timothy D.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Kayser, Manfred and Liu, Fan
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 143(7) (pp. 1317-1322)


Sodium-calcium exchanger-3 regulates pain "wind-up": From human psychophysics to spinal mechanisms (2022-08-17)
Trendafilova, Teodora; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Schmid, Annina B; Patel, Ryan; Polgár, Erika; Chisholm, Kim I; Middleton, Steven J; Boyle, Kieran; Dickie, Allen C; Semizoglou, Evangelia; Perez-Sanchez, Jimena; Bell, Andrew M; Ramirez-Aristeguieta, Luis Miguel; Khoury, Samar; Ivanov, Aleksandar; Wildner, Hendrik; Ferris, Eleanor; Chacón-Duque, Juan-Camilo; Sokolow, Sophie; Saad Boghdady, Mohamed A; Herchuelz, André; Faux, Pierre; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich; Diatchenko, Luda; McMahon, Stephen B; Todd, Andrew J; Dickenson, Anthony H; Ruiz-Linares, Andres and Bennett, David L
Neuron, 110(16) (pp. 2571-2587)


Clotting factor genes are associated with preeclampsia in high-altitude pregnant women in the Peruvian Andes (2022-06-02)
Nieves-Colón, Maria A; Badillo Rivera, Keyla M; Sandoval, Karla; Villanueva Dávalos, Vanessa; Enriquez Lencinas, Luis E; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Adhikari, Kaustubh; González-Buenfil, Ram; Chen, Jessica W; Zhang, Elisa T; Sockell, Alexandra; Ortiz-Tello, Patricia; Hurtado, Gloria Malena; Condori Salas, Ramiro; Cebrecos, Ricardo; Manzaneda Choque, José C; Manzaneda Choque, Franz P; Yábar Pilco, Germán P; Rawls, Erin; Eng, Celeste; Huntsman, Scott; Burchard, Esteban; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; González-José, Rolando; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Bustamante, Carlos D; Baker, Julie C; Gignoux, Christopher R; Wojcik, Genevieve L and Moreno-Estrada, Andrés
American Journal of Human Genetics, 109(6) (pp. 1117-1139)


Disentangling Signatures of Selection Before and After European Colonization in Latin Americans (2022-04)
Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Ormond, Louise; Wang, Ke; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Barquera, Rodrigo; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Badillo Rivera, Keyla M.; Nieves-Colón, Maria A.; Gignoux, Christopher R.; Wojcik, Genevieve L.; Moreno-Estrada, Andrés; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Balding, David; Fumagalli, Matteo; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés and Hellenthal, Garrett
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(4)


Ancestral diversity improves discovery and fine-mapping of genetic loci for anthropometric traits - the Hispanic/Latino Anthropometry Consortium (2022-03-06)
Fernández-Rhodes, Lindsay; Graff, Mariaelisa; Buchanan, Victoria L.; Justice, Anne E.; Highland, Heather M.; Guo, Xiuqing; Zhu, Wanying; Chen, Hung-Hsin; Young, Kristin L.; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Allred, Nicholette (Palmer); Below, Jennifer E.; Bradfield, Jonathan; Pereira, Alexandre C.; Glover, LáShauntá; Kim, Daeeun; Lilly, Adam G.; Shrestha, Poojan; Thomas, Alvin G.; Zhang, Xinruo; Chen, Minhui; Chiang, Charleston W.K.; Pulit, Sara; Horimoto, Andrea; Krieger, Jose E.; Guindo-Martinez, Marta; Preuss, Michael; Schumann, Claudia; Smit, Roelof A.J.; Torres-Mejía, Gabriela; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; González-José, Rolando; Poletti, Giovanni; Rothhammer, Francisco; Hakonarson, Hakon; Igo, Robert; Adler, Sharon G.; Iyengar, Sudha K.; Nicholas, Susanne B.; Gogarten, Stephanie M.; Isasi, Carmen R.; Papnicolaou, George; Stilp, Adrienne M.; Qi, Qibin; Kho, Minjung; Smith, Jennifer A.; Langfeld, Carl; Wagenknecht, Lynne; Mckean-Cowdin, Roberta; Gao, Xiaoyi Raymond; Nousome, Darryl; Conti, David V.; Feng, Ye; Allison, Matthew A.; Arzumanyan, Zorayr; Buchanan, Thomas A.; Ida Chen, Yii-Der; Genter, Pauline M.; Goodarzi, Mark O.; Hai, Yang; Hsueh, Willa; Ipp, Eli; Kandeel, Fouad R.; Lam, Kelvin; Li, Xiaohui; Nadler, Jerry L.; Raffel, Leslie J.; Roll, Kaye; Sandow, Kevin; Tan, Jingyi; Taylor, Kent D.; Xiang, Anny H.; Yao, Jie; Audirac-Chalifour, Astride; de Jesus Peralta Romero, Jose; Hartwig, Fernando; Horta, Bernando; Blangero, John; Curran, Joanne E.; Duggirala, Ravindranath; Lehman, Donna E.; Puppala, Sobha; Fejerman, Laura; John, Esther; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos; Burtt, Noël P.; Florez, Jose C.; García-Ortíz, Humberto; González-Villalpando, Clicerio; Mercader, Josep; Orozco, Lorena; Tusié, Teresa; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Cox, Nancy J.; Hanis, Craig; Butte, Nancy F.; Cole, Shelley A.; Commuzzie, Anthony G.; Voruganti, V. Saroja; Rohde, Rebecca; Wang, Yujie; Sofer, Tamar; Ziv, Elad; Grant, Struan F.A.; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Rotter, Jerome I.; Haiman, Christopher A.; Parra, Esteban J.; Cruz, Miguel; Loos, Ruth J.F. and North., Kari E.
Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, 3, Article 100099(2)


NNT mediates redox-dependent pigmentation via a UVB- and MITF-independent mechanism (2021-08-05)
Allouche, Jennifer; Rachmin, Inbal; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Pardo, Luba M.; Lee, Ju Hee; McConnell, Alicia M.; Kato, Shinichiro; Fan, Shaohua; Kawakami, Akinori; Suita, Yusuke; Wakamatsu, Kazumasa; Igras, Vivien; Zhang, Jianming; Navarro, Paula P.; Lugo, Camila Makhlouta; Noonan, Haley R.; Christie, Kathleen A.; Itin, Kaspar; Mujahid, Nisma; Lo, Jennifer A.; Won, Chong Hyun; Evans, Conor L.; Weng, Qing Yu; Wang, Hequn; Osseiran, Sam; Lovas, Alyssa; Németh, István; Cozzio, Antonio; Navarini, Alexander A.; Hsiao, Jennifer J.; Nguyen, Nhu; Kemény, Lajos V.; Iliopoulos, Othon; Berking, Carola; Ruzicka, Thomas; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Acuna-Alonso, Victor; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Ito, Shosuke; Schiaffino, Maria Vittoria; Chao, Luke H.; Kleinstiver, Benjamin P.; Tishkoff, Sarah; Zon, Leonard I.; Nijsten, Tamar; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; Fisher, David E. and Roider, Elisabeth
Cell, 184, Article e20(16) (pp. 4268-4283)


A genome-wide scan on individual typology angle found variants at SLC24A2 associated with skin color variation in Chinese populations (2021-07-09)
Wang, Fudi and Adhikari, Kaustubh
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 142(4) (pp. 1223-1227.e14)


Prediction of eye, hair and skin colour in Latin Americans (2021-07)
Palmal, Sagnik; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Bonfante, Betty; Chacón-Duque, Juan Camilo; Sohail, Anood; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Lozano, Rodrigo Barquera; Everardo-Martínez, Paola; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Parolin, Maria-Laura; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Schüler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Balding, David; Faux, Pierre and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Forensic Science International: Genetics, 53, Article 102517


The impact of socioeconomic and phenotypic traits on self-perception of ethnicity in Latin America (2021-06)
Paschetta, Carolina; de Azevedo, Soledad; Ramallo, Virginia; Cintas, Celia; Pérez, Orlando; Navarro, Pablo; Bandieri, Lucas; Sánchez, Mirsha Quinto; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Bortolini, M. Catira; Ferrara, Giovanni Poletti; Gallo, Carla; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Alonzo, Victor Acuña; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés and González-José, Rolando
Scientific Reports, 11, Article 12617(1)


A GWAS in Latin Americans identifies novel face shape loci, implicating VPS13B and a Denisovan introgressed region in facial variation (2021-02-03)
Bonfante, Betty; Faux, Pierre; Navarro, Nicolas; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Dubied, Morgane; Montillot, Charlotte; Wentworth, Emma; Poloni, Lauriane; Varón-González, Ceferino; Jones, Philip; Xiong, Ziyi; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Palmal, Sagnik; Chacón-Duque, Juan Camilo; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Barquera, Rodrigo; Everardo-Martínez, Paola; Sánchez-Quinto, Mirsha; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Liu, Fan; Weinberg, Seth M.; Shaffer, John R.; Stergiakouli, Evie; Howe, Laurence J.; Hysi, Pirro G.; Spector, Timothy D.; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Schüler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Thauvin-Robinet, Christel; Faivre, Laurence; Costedoat, Caroline; Balding, David; Cox, Timothy; Kayser, Manfred; Duplomb, Laurence; Yalcin, Binnaz; Cotney, Justin; Adhikari, Kaustubh and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Science Advances, 7, Article eabc6160(6)


Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021-01-29)
Riaz, Muhammad; Shah, Ghazala; Asif, Muhammad; Shah, Asma; Adhikari, Kaustubh and Abu-Shaheen, Amani
PLoS ONE, 16, Article e0246085(1)


A genome-wide association study identifies novel gene associations with facial skin wrinkling and mole count in Latin‐Americans (2021)
Chen, Y.; André, M.; Adhikari, K.; Blin, M.; Bonfante, B.; Mendoza‐Revilla, J.; Fuentes‐Guajardo, M.; Palmal, S.; Chacón‐Duque, J.C.; Hurtado, M.; Villegas, V.; Granja, V.; Jaramillo, C.; Arias, W.; Lozano, R.B.; Everardo‐Martínez, P.; Gómez‐Valdés, J.; Villamil‐Ramírez, H.; de Cerqueira, C.C.S.; Hünemeier, T.; Ramallo, V.; Gonzalez‐José, R.; Schüler‐Faccini, L.; Bortolini, M.‐C.; Acuña‐Alonzo, V.; Canizales‐Quinteros, S.; Gallo, C.; Poletti, G.; Bedoya, G.; Rothhammer, F.; Balding, D.; Tobin, D.J.; Wang, S.; Faux, P. and Ruiz‐Linares, A.
British Journal of Dermatology, 185(5) (pp. 988-998)


Novel genetic loci affecting facial shape variation in humans (2019-11-26)
Xiong, Ziyi; Dankova, Gabriela; Howe, Laurence J.; Lee, Myoung Keun; Hysi, Pirro G.; de Jong, Markus A.; Zhu, Gu; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Li, Dan; Li, Yi; Pan, Bo; Feingold, Eleanor; Marazita, Mary L.; Shaffer, John R.; McAloney, Kerrie; Xu, Shu-Hua; Jin, Li; Wang, Sijia; de Vrij, Femke M. S.; Lendemeijer, Bas; Richmond, Stephen; Zhurov, Alexei; Lewis, Sarah; Sharp, Gemma C.; Paternoster, Lavinia; Thompson, Holly; Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando; Bortolini, Maria Catira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Uitterlinden, André G.; Ikram, M. Arfan; Wolvius, Eppo; Kushner, Steven A.; Nijsten, Tamar E. C.; Palstra, Robert-Jan T. S.; Boehringer, Stefan; Medland, Sarah E.; Tang, Kun; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; Martin, Nicholas G.; Spector, Timothy D.; Stergiakouli, Evie; Weinberg, Seth M.; Liu, Fan and Kayser, Manfred
eLife, 8 (pp. 1-32)


Modeling Population Structure Under Hierarchical Dirichlet Processes (2019-05-19)
Elliott, Lloyd T.; De Iorio, Maria; Favaro, Stefano; Adhikari, Kaustubh and Teh, Yee Whye
Bayesian Analysis, 14(2) (pp. 313-339)


Genetic components of human pain sensitivity: a protocol for a genome-wide association study of experimental pain in healthy volunteers (2019-04-20)
Schmid, Annina B.; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Ramirez-Aristeguieta, Luis Miguel; Chacón-Duque, Juan-Camilo; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Ruiz-Linares, Andres and Bennett, David L
BMJ Open, 9(4) (e025530)


Variation in dental morphology and inference of continental ancestry in admixed Latin Americans (2019-03)
Delgado, Miguel; Ramírez, Luis Miguel; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Zanolli, Clément; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Canizales, Samuel; Bortolini, Maria-Catira; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel and Ruiz-Linares, Andres
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(3) (pp. 438-447)


A geometric morphometric approach to the study of variation of shovel-shaped incisors (2019-01)
Carayon, Delphine; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Monsarrat, Paul; Dumoncel, Jean; Braga, José; Duployer, Benjamin; Delgado, Miguel; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; de Beer, Frikkie; Hoffman, Jakobus W.; Oettlé, Anna C.; Donat, Richard; Pan, Lei; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Tenailleau, Christophe; Vaysse, Frédéric; Esclassan, Rémi and Zanolli, Clément
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(1) (pp. 229-241)


Obesity, genomic ancestry, and socioeconomic variables in Latin American mestizos (2019)
Ruderman, Anahí; Pérez, Luis O.; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Navarro, Pablo; Ramallo, Virginia; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, Maria C.; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Ruiz-Linares, Andres and González-José, Rolando
American Journal of Human Biology, 31, Article e23278(5)


A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia (2019)
Adhikari, Kaustubh; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Sohail, Anood; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Lampert, Jodie; Chacón-Duque, Juan Camilo; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Lozano, Rodrigo Barquera; Everardo, Paola and Gómez-Valdés, Jorge
Nature Communications, 10, Article 358


Genome-wide association studies and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing identify regulatory variants influencing eyebrow thickness in humans (2018-09-24)
Wu, Sijie; Zhang, Manfei; Yang, Xinzhou; Peng, Fuduan; Zhang, Juan; Tan, Jingze; Yang, Yajun; Wang, Lina; Hu, Yanan; Peng, Qianqian; Li, Jinxi; Liu, Yu; Guan, Yaqun; Chen, Chen; Hamer, Merel A.; Nijsten, Tamar; Zeng, Changqing; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; González-José, Rolando; Li, Hui; Krutmann, Jean; Liu, Fan; Kayser, Manfred; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Tang, Kun; Xu, Shuhua; Zhang, Liang; Jin, Li and Wang, Sijia
PLOS Genetics, 14, Article e1007640(9) (pp. 1-22)


Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance (2018)
Chacón-Duque, Juan-Camilo; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Barquera, Rodrigo; Quinto-Sánchez, Mirsha; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Everardo Martínez, Paola; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Hünemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Villena, Mercedes; Vásquez, René; Llop, Elena; Sandoval, José R.; Salazar-Granara, Alberto A.; Parolin, Maria-Laura; Sandoval, Karla; Peñaloza-Espinosa, Rosenda I.; Rangel-Villalobos, Hector; Winkler, Cheryl A.; Klitz, William; Bravi, Claudio; Molina, Julio; Corach, Daniel; Barrantes, Ramiro; Gomes, Verónica; Resende, Carlos; Gusmão, Leonor; Amorim, Antonio; Xue, Yali; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel; Moral, Pedro; González-José, Rolando; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Balding, David; Hellenthal, Garrett and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Nature Communications, 9, Article 5388


Developmental pathways inferred from modularity, morphological integration and fluctuating asymmetry patterns in the human face (2018)
Quinto-Sánchez, Mirsha; Muñoz-Muñoz, Francesc; Gomez-Valdes, Jorge; Cintas, Celia; Navarro, Pablo; Cerqueira, Caio Cesar Silva de; Paschetta, Carolina; de Azevedo, Soledad; Ramallo, Virginia; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Hünemeier, Tábita; Everardo, Paola; de Avila, Francisco; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, Williams; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovani; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Rosique, Javier; Ruiz-Linares, Andres and Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando
Scientific Reports, 8, Article 963


Socioeconomic Status Is Not Related with Facial Fluctuating Asymmetry: Evidence from Latin-American Populations (2017)
Quinto-Sánchez, Mirsha; Cintas, Celia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio Cesar; Ramallo, Virginia; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Castillo, Lucía; Gomez-Valdés, Jorge; Everardo, Paola; De Avila, Francisco; Hünemeier, Tábita; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, Williams; Fuentes, Macarena; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovani; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rosique, Javier; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés and González-José, Rolando
PLOS ONE, 12, Article e0169287(1)


A genome-wide association scan in admixed Latin Americans identifies loci influencing facial and scalp hair features (2016-03-01)
Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fontanil, Tania; Cal, Santiago; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Chacón-Duque, Juan-Camilo; Al-Saadi, Farah; Johansson, Jeanette A.; Quinto-Sanchez, Mirsha; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Barquera Lozano, Rodrigo; Macín Pérez, Gastón; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Hunemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Headon, Denis; López-Otín, Carlos; Tobin, Desmond J.; Balding, David and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Nature Communications, 7, Article 10815(1)


A genome-wide association scan implicates DCHS2, RUNX2, GLI3, PAX1 and EDAR in human facial variation (2016)
Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Quinto-Sánchez, Mirsha; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Camilo Chacón-Duque, Juan; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Lozano, Rodrigo Barquera; Pérez, Gastón Macín; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Hunemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria- Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Cheeseman, Michael; Rosique, Javier; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Headon, Denis; González-José, Rolando; Balding, David and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Nature Communications, 7, Article 11616


A genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci for variation in human ear morphology (2015)
Adhikari, Kaustubh; Reales, Guillermo; Smith, Andrew J. P.; Konka, Esra; Palmen, Jutta; Quinto-Sanchez, Mirsha; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Fuentes, Macarena; Pizarro, María; Barquera Lozano, Rodrigo; Macín Pérez, Gastón; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; Villamil-Ramírez, Hugo; Hunemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria- Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Calderón, Rosario; Rosique, Javier; Cheeseman, Michael; Bhutta, Mahmood F.; Humphries, Steve E.; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Headon, Denis; Balding, David and Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
Nature Communications, 6, Article 7500


Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry Based on 7,342 Individuals (2014)
Ruiz-Linares, Andrés; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Quinto-Sanchez, Mirsha; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Fuentes, Macarena; Pizarro, María; Everardo, Paola; de Avila, Francisco; Gómez-Valdés, Jorge; León-Mimila, Paola; Hunemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Burley, Mari-Wyn; Konca, Esra; de Oliveira, Marcelo Zagonel; Veronez, Mauricio Roberto; Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio; Gibbon, Sahra; Ray, Nicolas; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Rosique, Javier; Schuler-Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Balding, David and Gonzalez-José, Rolando
PLoS Genetics, 10(9) (e1004572)


Exploring The Diversity Of Our Skin (2022)
Pswarai, Lizzy Vimbisai; Farrell, James; Khokan, Mahfuzur Rahman; Paria, Soumya; Giardina, Andrea and Adhikari, Kaustubh
School of Mathematics and Statistics, The Open University