Comments on: Differences of gene expression between human populations

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Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:05:49 +0000

[...] Differences of gene expression between human populations [...]

By: Kambiz

Kambiz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:07:53 +0000

Wow, thanks for the comment Dr. O'Hara. I gonna try and download the Spielman et al. paper as well as yours. All I knew of was the Storey et al., which didn't refer to the Spielman et al. paper nor yours. I love this sorta research, I know people have compared expression patterns between humans and chimpanzees but I'm only beginning to get into some of the expression differences between human populations. Anyways, thanks for the comment, again! Kambiz

By: udbob

udbob — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:34:15 +0000

The Storey et al. paper was the second paper comparing gene expression in human populations - the first (that I'm aware of!) was in Nature Genetics at the beginning of last year: Spielman RS, Bastone LA, Burdick JT, Morley M, Ewens WJ, Cheung VG (2007). Common genetic variants account for differences in gene expression among ethnic groups. Nat Genet 39: 226–231. I had even had a commentary published on this (hey, why can't I indulge in shameless self-promotion?). It looks like they might have used some of the same data (or at least the same individuals from Utah).