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  1. Next-generation sequencing-based detection of germline L1-mediated transductions

    Article • BMC Genomics, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  2. Global Survey of Variation in a Human Olfactory Receptor Gene Reveals Signatures of Non-Neutral Evolution

    Article • Chemical Senses, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  3. The Evolution and Functional Impact of Human Deletion Variants Shared with Archaic Hominin Genomes

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  4. Whole genome sequencing of Turkish genomes reveals functional private alleles and impact of genetic interactions with Europe, Asia and Africa

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  5. Analysis of variable retroduplications in human populations suggests coupling of retrotransposition to cell division

    Article • Genome Research, September 2013, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  6. Primate genome architecture influences structural variation mechanisms and functional consequences

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  7. Balancing Selection on a Regulatory Region Exhibiting Ancient Variation That Predates Human–Neandertal Divergence

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  8. Regulatory element copy number differences shape primate expression profiles

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  9. Landscape of Somatic Retrotransposition in Human Cancers

    Article • Science, June 2012, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  10. Exploring the role of copy number variants in human adaptation

    Article • Trends in Genetics, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  11. Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosome Variation Provides Evidence for a Recent Common Ancestry between Native Americans and Indigenous Altaians

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  12. Extensive genetic diversity and substructuring among zebrafish strains revealed through copy number variant analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  13. Extensive genomic and transcriptional diversity identified through massively parallel DNA and RNA sequencing of eighteen Korean individuals

    Article • Nature Genetics, July 2011, Nature

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  14. Biological Ancestries, Kinship Connections, and Projected Identities in Four Central Anatolian Settlements: Insights from Culturally Contextualized Genetic Anthropology

    Article • American Anthropologist, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  15. Refinement of primate copy number variation hotspots identifies candidate genomic regions evolving under positive selection

    Article • Genome Biology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  16. Y-chromosome and autosomal STR diversity in four proximate settlements in Central Anatolia

    Article • Forensic Science International Genetics, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  17. Discovery of common Asian copy number variants using integrated high-resolution array CGH and massively parallel DNA sequencing

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2010, Nature

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  18. Origins and functional impact of copy number variation in the human genome

    Article • Nature, October 2009, Nature

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  19. Copy number variants (CNVs) in primate species using array-based comparative genomic hybridization

    Article • Methods, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  20. A highly annotated whole-genome sequence of a Korean individual

    Article • Nature, July 2009, Nature

    Dr Omer Gokcumen

  21. Russian Old Believers: Genetic Consequences of Their Persecution and Exile, as Shown by Mitochondrial DNA Evidence

    Article • Human Biology, June 2008, Human Biology (The International Journal of Population Biology and Genetics)

    Dr Omer Gokcumen