Brenna M Henn

Summary

Affiliation: Stanford University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Cryptic distant relatives are common in both isolated and cosmopolitan genetic samples
    Brenna M Henn
    23andMe, Inc, Mountain View, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e34267. 2012
  2. ncbi Y-chromosomal evidence of a pastoralist migration through Tanzania to southern Africa
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94035 2117, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:10693-8. 2008
  3. ncbi Characterizing the time dependency of human mitochondrial DNA mutation rate estimates
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 26:217-30. 2009
  4. ncbi Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:5154-62. 2011
  5. ncbi Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    PLoS Genet 8:e1002397. 2012
  6. ncbi African Y chromosome and mtDNA divergence provides insight into the history of click languages
    Alec Knight
    Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Curr Biol 13:464-73. 2003
  7. ncbi Limited evidence for classic selective sweeps in African populations
    Julie M Granka
    Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Genetics 192:1049-64. 2012
  8. ncbi The great human expansion
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:17758-64. 2012
  9. ncbi Demographic history and rare allele sharing among human populations
    Simon Gravel
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5120, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:11983-8. 2011
  10. ncbi History of click-speaking populations of Africa inferred from mtDNA and Y chromosome genetic variation
    Sarah A Tishkoff
    Department of Biology, University of Maryland, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 24:2180-95. 2007

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Cryptic distant relatives are common in both isolated and cosmopolitan genetic samples
    Brenna M Henn
    23andMe, Inc, Mountain View, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e34267. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Y-chromosomal evidence of a pastoralist migration through Tanzania to southern Africa
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94035 2117, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:10693-8. 2008
    ..Our Y-chromosomal evidence supports a demic diffusion model of pastoralism from eastern to southern Africa approximately 2,000 years ago...
  3. ncbi Characterizing the time dependency of human mitochondrial DNA mutation rate estimates
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 26:217-30. 2009
    ..Our findings suggest that human mtDNA estimates of dates of population and phylogenetic events should be adjusted in light of this time dependency of the mutation rate estimates...
  4. ncbi Hunter-gatherer genomic diversity suggests a southern African origin for modern humans
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:5154-62. 2011
    ..However, African hunter-gatherer populations continue to maintain the highest levels of genetic diversity in the world...
  5. ncbi Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    PLoS Genet 8:e1002397. 2012
    ..Our genomic data reveal an extraordinarily complex history of migrations, involving at least five ancestral populations, into North Africa...
  6. ncbi African Y chromosome and mtDNA divergence provides insight into the history of click languages
    Alec Knight
    Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Curr Biol 13:464-73. 2003
    ..Intriguingly, the language of the Hadzabe of eastern Africa, although not closely related to any other language, shares click consonants and accompaniments with languages of Khwe and San...
  7. ncbi Limited evidence for classic selective sweeps in African populations
    Julie M Granka
    Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Genetics 192:1049-64. 2012
    ..Additionally, population history can confound the interpretation of selection statistics, suggesting that greater care is needed in attributing broad genetic patterns to human adaptation...
  8. ncbi The great human expansion
    Brenna M Henn
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:17758-64. 2012
    ....
  9. ncbi Demographic history and rare allele sharing among human populations
    Simon Gravel
    Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5120, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:11983-8. 2011
    ..Our results emphasize that replication of disease association for specific rare genetic variants across diverged populations must overcome both reduced statistical power because of rarity and higher population divergence...
  10. ncbi History of click-speaking populations of Africa inferred from mtDNA and Y chromosome genetic variation
    Sarah A Tishkoff
    Department of Biology, University of Maryland, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 24:2180-95. 2007
    ....