Publications
A fast and noise-resilient approach to detect rare-variant associations with deep sequencing data for complex disorders. Genet Epidemiol 36, 675-85 (2012).
Deletions of recessive disease genes: CNV contribution to carrier states and disease-causing alleles. Genome Res 23, 1383-94 (2013).
Increased frequency of de novo copy number variants in congenital heart disease by integrative analysis of single nucleotide polymorphism array and exome sequence data. Circ Res 115, 884-896 (2014).
PRIMUS: rapid reconstruction of pedigrees from genome-wide estimates of identity by descent. Am J Hum Genet 95, 553-64 (2014).
Rare-variant extensions of the transmission disequilibrium test: application to autism exome sequence data. Am J Hum Genet 94, 33-46 (2014).
Biallelic mutations in SNX14 cause a syndromic form of cerebellar atrophy and lysosome-autophagosome dysfunction. Nat Genet 47, 528-34 (2015).
De novo mutations in NALCN cause a syndrome characterized by congenital contractures of the limbs and face, hypotonia, and developmental delay. Am J Hum Genet 96, 462-73 (2015).
Frequency and phenotypic spectrum of germline mutations in POLE and seven other polymerase genes in 266 patients with colorectal adenomas and carcinomas. Int J Cancer 137, 320-31 (2015).
Functional genome-wide siRNA screen identifies KIAA0586 as mutated in Joubert syndrome. Elife 4, e06602 (2015).
Mutations in SPATA5 Are Associated with Microcephaly, Intellectual Disability, Seizures, and Hearing Loss. Am J Hum Genet 97, 457-64 (2015).
Association Between Absolute Neutrophil Count and Variation at TCIRG1: The NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project. Genet Epidemiol 40, 470-4 (2016).
Using Whole Exome Sequencing to Identify Candidate Genes With Rare Variants In Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate. Genet Epidemiol 40, 432-41 (2016).
Variants in SKP1, PROB1, and IL17B genes at keratoconus 5q31.1-q35.3 susceptibility locus identified by whole-exome sequencing. Eur J Hum Genet 25, 73-78 (2016).
Copy Number Changes Identified Using Whole Exome Sequencing in Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate in a Honduran Population. Birth Defects Res 109, 1257-1267 (2017).
Genome-Wide Association Studies and Meta-Analyses for Congenital Heart Defects. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 10, e001449 (2017).
Clinical exome sequencing reveals locus heterogeneity and phenotypic variability of cohesinopathies. Genet Med 21, 663-675 (2019).
Detailed genetic characteristics of an international large cohort of patients with Stargardt disease: ProgStar study report 8. Br J Ophthalmol 103, 390-397 (2019).
Estimation of the carrier frequency of fumarate hydratase alterations and implications for kidney cancer risk in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cancer. Cancer 126, 3657-3666 (2020).
Functional biology of the Steel syndrome founder allele and evidence for clan genomics derivation of COL27A1 pathogenic alleles worldwide. Eur J Hum Genet 28, 1243-1264 (2020).
Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism. Cell 180, 568-584.e23 (2020).
Paternal mosaicism for a novel PBX1 mutation associated with recurrent perinatal death: Phenotypic expansion of the PBX1-related syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 182, 1273-1277 (2020).
Rare deleterious variants of NOTCH1, GATA4, SMAD6, and ROBO4 are enriched in BAV with early onset complications but not in BAV with heritable thoracic aortic disease. Mol Genet Genomic Med 8, e1406 (2020).
Recurrent Rare Copy Number Variants Increase Risk for Esotropia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 61, 22 (2020).
Whole-genome sequencing of African Americans implicates differential genetic architecture in inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Hum Genet 108, 431-445 (2021).