Himla Soodyall

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Himla Soodyall

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#7856

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Genetics

#662

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#747

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According to Wikipedia, Himla Soodyall is a South African geneticist involved in finding some of the oldest human genetic lines, mainly focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa. Her work on DNA has pointed to southern Africa as the most likely geographic region of origin of the human species.

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Himla Soodyall's Published Works

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The dawn of human matrilineal diversity. (2008) (433)
Genomic Variation in Seven Khoe-San Groups Reveals Adaptation and Complex African History (2012) (369)
Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa (2014) (327)
Hierarchical patterns of global human Y-chromosome diversity. (2001) (313)
Age of the Association between Helicobacter pylori and Man (2012) (293)
Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago (2017) (290)
A global perspective on genetic variation at the ADH genes reveals unusual patterns of linkage disequilibrium and diversity. (2002) (244)
Origins and affinities of modern humans: a comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic data. (1995) (238)
Contrasting patterns of Y chromosome and mtDNA variation in Africa: evidence for sex-biased demographic processes (2005) (217)
The structure of human mitochondrial DNA variation (1991) (142)
An early divergence of KhoeSan ancestors from those of other modern humans is supported by an ABC-based analysis of autosomal resequencing data. (2012) (140)
Corrigendum: Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins (2016) (126)
Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins (2014) (126)
Lactase Persistence Alleles Reveal Partial East African Ancestry of Southern African Khoe Pastoralists (2014) (104)
Mitochondrial mutation rate revisited: hot spots and polymorphism (1998) (100)
Genetic studies of African populations: an overview on disease susceptibility and response to vaccines and therapeutics (2008) (92)
Mitochondrial DNA evidence for admixed origins of central Siberian populations. (2003) (91)
H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries (2016) (84)
Inferring Human Population Sizes, Divergence Times and Rates of Gene Flow From Mitochondrial, X and Y Chromosome Resequencing Data (2007) (79)
Whole-genome sequencing for an enhanced understanding of genetic variation among South Africans (2017) (77)
Genetic substructure in South African Bantu-speakers: evidence from autosomal DNA and Y-chromosome studies. (2002) (77)
MtDNA control region variation affirms diversity and deep sub-structure in populations from southern Africa (2013) (74)
Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: experiences and challenges to ethics review committees (2014) (66)
LTBP2 and CYP1B1 mutations and associated ocular phenotypes in the Roma/Gypsy founder population (2011) (63)
‘Polynesian’ mtDNA in the Malagasy (1995) (61)
Increased Resolution of Y Chromosome Haplogroup T Defines Relationships among Populations of the Near East, Europe, and Africa (2011) (56)
Contrasting signatures of population growth for mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomes among human populations in Africa. (2008) (53)
SNaPshot minisequencing to resolve mitochondrial macro‐haplogroups found in Africa (2009) (51)
Natural selection for the Duffy-null allele in the recently admixed people of Madagascar (2014) (46)
A Genomic Portrait of Haplotype Diversity and Signatures of Selection in Indigenous Southern African Populations (2015) (44)
Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens (2020) (41)
Development of a single base extension method to resolve Y chromosome haplogroups in sub-Saharan African populations (2010) (40)
Whole-genome sequence analysis of a Pan African set of samples reveals archaic gene flow from an extinct basal population of modern humans into sub-Saharan populations (2019) (39)
Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial genome variation – an increased understanding of population antiquity and diversity (2017) (36)
A South African mixed ancestry family with Huntington disease‐like 2: Clinical and genetic features (2007) (35)
Different contributions of ancient mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal lineages in ‘Karretjie people’ of the Great Karoo in South Africa (2011) (34)
Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in Southern African populations. (1993) (32)
Y-chromosomal evidence for a strong reduction in male population size of Yakuts (2002) (31)
Africa: the next frontier for human disease gene discovery? (2011) (30)
Genome-wide signatures of male-mediated migration shaping the Indian gene pool (2015) (26)
Y chromosome evidence for a founder effect in Ashkenazi Jews (2005) (25)
Ancient genomes from southern Africa pushes modern human divergence beyond 260,000 years ago (2017) (25)
Genealogy and genes: tracing the founding fathers of Tristan da Cunha (2003) (22)
Understanding the Implications of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Health of Black Southern African Populations: The 2014 Workshop (2015) (21)
Genetic variants in SEC16B are associated with body composition in black South Africans (2018) (20)
The disappearing San of southeastern Africa and their genetic affinities (2016) (20)
Bridging disciplines to better elucidate the evolution of early Homo sapiens in southern Africa (2013) (20)
Adaptation to infectious disease exposure in indigenous Southern African populations (2017) (18)
H 3 Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre : a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries (2016) (18)
The genetic prehistory of the Khoe and San (2008) (16)
ASSAf consensus study on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics and genomics in South Africa (2018) (14)
Molecular biology and human diversity: The peopling of Madagascar (1996) (14)
Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa (2022) (13)
The Human Genome as Archive: Some Illustrations from the South (2002) (12)
Lemba origins revisited: tracing the ancestry of Y chromosomes in South African and Zimbabwean Lemba. (2013) (8)
Genetic variation of 15 autosomal STR loci in various populations from southern Africa. (2012) (7)
Y-Chromosome Variation in Southern African Khoe-San Populations Based on Whole-Genome Sequences (2020) (6)
Drafting a Code of Conduct for Research under the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 (2021) (5)
Report on the 6th African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) Meeting, March 12-15, 2009, Yaounde, Cameroon. (2010) (4)
Genetic studies of African populations: an overview on disease susceptibility and response to vaccines and therapeutics (2008) (4)
Interspersed Repeat Insertion Polymorphisms for Studies of Human Molecular Anthropology (1999) (4)
Could we offer mitochondrial donation or similar assisted reproductive technology to South African patients with mitochondrial DNA disease? (2016) (4)
Global Statement on Air Pollution and Health: Opportunities for Africa (2019) (3)
. The Genetic Landscape of Sub-Saharan African Populations (2012) (2)
Mitochondrial HVRI and whole mitogenome sequence variations portray similar scenarios on the genetic structure and ancestry of northeast Africans (2020) (2)
Implications of direct-to-consumer whole-exome sequencing in South Africa. (2016) (2)
Male-biased migration from East Africa introduced pastoralism into southern Africa (2021) (2)
The Genetic Trail to Madagascar (2013) (1)
Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: experiences and challenges to ethics review committees (2014) (1)
A platform for genomics in South Africa. (2001) (1)
Positive selection on mitochondrial M7 lineages among the Gelong people in Hainan (2011) (1)
The changing landscape of human genetics and genomics: A personal journey of enlightenment spanning three decades (2019) (0)
Full genomic Y chromosomal variation in southern African Khoe-San populations (2018) (0)
Human Genetics and Genomics and Sociocultural Beliefs and Practices in South Africa (2016) (0)
Correction: A Genomic Portrait of Haplotype Diversity and Signatures of Selection in Indigenous Southern African Populations (2015) (0)
We thank M. Stoneking for his advice regarding the analysis of recombination, and (2000) (0)
The disappearing San of southeastern Africa and their genetic affinities (2016) (0)
Correction to: Origins, admixture and founder lineages in European Roma (2021) (0)
Professor Trefor Jenkins: a tribute. (2013) (0)
A walk in the garden of Eden: genetics trails into our African past (2015) (0)
The “BaTwa” populations from remote areas in Zambia retain ancestry of past forager groups (2020) (0)
Genomics research in Africa: implications for disease diagnosis, treatment and drug development: proceedings of the 5th annual meeting of the African Society of Human Genetics (2008) (0)
Male-biased migration from East Africa introduced pastoralism into southern Africa (2021) (0)
Loss-of-function variants among Khoe and San individuals (2018) (0)
The Human in Humanity (2021) (0)
Deciphering early human history using Approximate Bayesian Computation and 74 whole genomes from Central and Southern Africa (2020) (0)
Northward genetic penetration across the Himalayas viewed from Sherpa people (2014) (0)
Chronological reconstruction of the major population events occurring during the intimate human- H. pylori association. (2012) (0)
Population Genetics Studies in Africa: Curiosity and Challenges (2007) (0)
Parallel patterns of pair-wise genetic distances between human mtDNA and H. pylori gene sequences. (2012) (0)

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University of the Witwatersrand