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  1. Identifying signatures of natural selection in Indian populations

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2022, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra

  2. Meta-analysis of lipid-traits in Hispanics identifies novel loci, population-specific effects, and tissue-specific enrichment of eQTLs

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2016, Nature

    Professor Esteban Parra

  3. Analysis of iris surface features in populations of diverse ancestry

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Esteban Parra, Monique Johnson

  4. Iris pigmentation as a quantitative trait: variation in populations of European, East Asian and South Asian ancestry and association with candidate gene polymorphisms

    Article • Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, December 2015, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra, Monique Johnson

  5. Visual ecology of true lemurs suggests a cathemeral origin for the primate cone opsin polymorphism

    Article • Functional Ecology, October 2015, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra, Professor Nathaniel J Dominy

  6. JBASE: Joint Bayesian Analysis of Subphenotypes and Epistasis

    Article • Bioinformatics, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Esteban Parra

  7. Quantitative assessment of skin, hair, and iris variation in a diverse sample of individuals and associated genetic variation

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 2015, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra, Monique Johnson

  8. Polymorphisms in the LPL and CETP Genes and Haplotype in the ESR1 Gene Are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Women from Southwestern Mexico

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Esteban Parra

  9. Genome-wide association study of warfarin maintenance dose in a Brazilian sample

    Article • Pharmacogenomics, July 2015, Future Medicine

    Professor Esteban Parra

  10. Evaluation of fall Sun Exposure Score in predicting vitamin D status in young Canadian adults, and the influence of ancestry

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  11. Association study confirms the role of twoOCA2polymorphisms in normal skin pigmentation variation in East Asian populations

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, March 2015, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  12. Exploring the Distribution of Genetic Markers of Pharmacogenomics Relevance in Brazilian and Mexican Populations

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2014, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra, Dr Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda

  13. Quantitative measurement of odor detection thresholds using an air dilution olfactometer, and association with genetic variants in a sample of diverse ancestry

    Article • PeerJ, November 2014, PeerJ

    Professor Esteban Parra

  14. Cross-Tissue and Tissue-Specific eQTLs: Partitioning the Heritability of a Complex Trait

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  15. Cuba: Exploring the History of Admixture and the Genetic Basis of Pigmentation Using Autosomal and Uniparental Markers

    Article • PLoS Genetics, July 2014, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra

  16. Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Article • Nature Genetics, February 2014, Nature

    Professor Esteban Parra, Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie

  17. Demographic history and human genetic diversity: pharmacogenomic implications

    Article • Pharmacogenomics, February 2014, Future Medicine

    Professor Esteban Parra

  18. Allele frequency distribution of CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 polymorphisms in six Mexican populations

    Article • Gene, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  19. Andean and Tibetan patterns of adaptation to high altitude

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2013, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  20. Vitamin D status of older adults of diverse ancestry living in the greater Toronto area

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  21. SOD2 gene Val16Ala polymorphism is associated with macroalbuminuria in Mexican Type 2 Diabetes patients: a comparative study and meta-analysis

    Article • BMC Medical Genetics, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  22. Exploring signatures of positive selection in pigmentation candidate genes in populations of East Asian ancestry

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  23. Vitamin D binding protein is a key determinant of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in infants and toddlers

    Article • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  24. The Admixture Structure and Genetic Variation of the Archipelago of Cape Verde and Its Implications for Admixture Mapping Studies

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2012, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra

  25. The effects of vitamin D3during pregnancy and lactation on offspring physiology and behavior in Sprague-Dawley rats

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  26. The Timing of Pigmentation Lightening in Europeans

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, August 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Esteban Parra

  27. Developmental and genetic components explain enhanced pulmonary volumes of female peruvian quechua

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 2012, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  28. Development of a Panel of Genome-Wide Ancestry Informative Markers to Study Admixture Throughout the Americas

    Article • PLoS Genetics, March 2012, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra, Dr Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda

  29. Evaluation of the imputation performance of the program IMPUTE in an admixed sample from Mexico City using several model designs

    Article • BMC Medical Genomics, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  30. Technical note: Quantitative measures of iris color using high resolution photographs

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  31. Genomic Ancestry, Self-Reported “Color” and Quantitative Measures of Skin Pigmentation in Brazilian Admixed Siblings

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2011, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra

  32. Association of vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) polymorphisms and serum 25(OH)D concentrations in a sample of young Canadian adults of different ancestry

    Article • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  33. A Replication Study of the IRS1, CAPN10, TCF7L2, and PPARG Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in Two Different Populations of Mexico

    Article • Annals of Human Genetics, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr. en C. Jaime García-Mena, Professor Esteban Parra

  34. Genome-wide association and meta-analysis in populations from Starr County, Texas, and Mexico City identify type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci and enrichment for expression quantitative trait loci in top signals

    Article • Diabetologia, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  35. Genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in a sample from Mexico City and a meta-analysis of a Mexican-American sample from Starr County, Texas

    Article • Diabetologia, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. en C. Jaime García-Mena, Professor Esteban Parra

  36. Evolución de la pigmentación en la especie humana

    Article • Piel, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  37. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations Fluctuate Seasonally in Young Adults of Diverse Ancestry Living in Toronto

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, October 2010, American Society for Nutrition

    Professor Esteban Parra

  38. Identifying Signatures of Natural Selection in Tibetan and Andean Populations Using Dense Genome Scan Data

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2010, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra

  39. Association of polymorphisms within the transforming growth factor-β1 gene with diabetic nephropathy and serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations

    Article • Nephrology, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr. en C. Jaime García-Mena, Professor Esteban Parra

  40. Worldwide allele frequency distribution of four polymorphisms associated with warfarin dose requirements

    Article • Journal of Human Genetics, June 2010, Nature

    Professor Esteban Parra

  41. Candidate gene association study conditioning on individual ancestry in patients with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome from Mexico City

    Article • Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr. en C. Jaime García-Mena, Professor Esteban Parra

  42. Association of the OCA2 Polymorphism His615Arg with Melanin Content in East Asian Populations: Further Evidence of Convergent Evolution of Skin Pigmentation

    Article • PLoS Genetics, March 2010, PLOS

    Professor Esteban Parra

  43. Ancestry informative markers and admixture proportions in northeastern Mexico

    Article • Journal of Human Genetics, August 2009, Nature

    Professor Esteban Parra

  44. The development and evaluation of a food frequency questionnaire used in assessing vitamin D intake in a sample of healthy young Canadian adults of diverse ancestry

    Article • Nutrition Research, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  45. Nature versus Nurture in Determining Athletic Ability

    Article • January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Professor Esteban Parra

  46. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Genotype and Arterial Oxygen Saturation at High Altitude in Peruvian Quechua

    Article • High Altitude Medicine & Biology, June 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Esteban Parra

  47. Low wintertime vitamin D levels in a sample of healthy young adults of diverse ancestry living in the Toronto area: associations with vitamin D intake and skin pigmentation

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  48. Determinants of blood oxygenation during pregnancy in Andean and European residents of high altitude

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, June 2007, American Physiological Society

    Professor Esteban Parra

  49. A Genomewide Admixture Mapping Panel for Hispanic/Latino Populations

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  50. Association of TCF7L2 polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes in Mexico City

    Article • Clinical Genetics, April 2007, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  51. Human pigmentation variation: Evolution, genetic basis, and implications for public health

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  52. MGEA5-14 polymorphism and type 2 diabetes in Mexico City

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  53. Genetic Evidence for the Convergent Evolution of Light Skin in Europeans and East Asians

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, December 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Esteban Parra

  54. Admixture in Mexico City: implications for admixture mapping of Type 2 diabetes genetic risk factors

    Article • Human Genetics, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  55. What makes a champion?

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, April 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  56. SLC24A5, a Putative Cation Exchanger, Affects Pigmentation in Zebrafish and Humans

    Article • Science, December 2005, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Esteban Parra

  57. Ancestry explains the blunted ventilatory response to sustained hypoxia and lower exercise ventilation of Quechua altitude natives

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, March 2005, American Physiological Society

    Professor Esteban Parra

  58. The 8818G allele of the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene is ancestral and is associated with darker skin color in African Americans

    Article • Human Genetics, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  59. Admixture analysis of a rural population of the state of Guerrero, Mexico

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  60. Relation of type 2 diabetes to individual admixture and candidate gene polymorphisms in the Hispanic American population of San Luis Valley, Colorado

    Article • Journal of Medical Genetics, November 2004, BMJ

    Professor Esteban Parra

  61. Implications of correlations between skin color and genetic ancestry for biomedical research

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2004, Nature

    Professor Esteban Parra

  62. Ancestral proportions and their association with skin pigmentation and bone mineral density in Puerto Rican women from New York city

    Article • Human Genetics, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  63. Maternal Adaptation to High-altitude Pregnancy: An Experiment of Nature—A Review

    Article • Placenta, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  64. Admixture in the Hispanics of the San Luis Valley, Colorado, and its implications for complex trait gene mapping

    Article • Annals of Human Genetics, March 2004, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  65. Characterization of Admixture in an Urban Sample from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Using Uniparentally and Biparentally Inherited Genetic Markers

    Article • Human Biology, January 2004, Project Muse

    Professor Esteban Parra

  66. A Simple and Efficient Method for Extracting DNA From Old and Burned Bone

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, January 2004, ASTM International

    Professor Esteban Parra

  67. The genomic distribution of population substructure in four populations using 8,525 autosomal SNPs

    Article • Human Genomics, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  68. Effects of birthplace and individual genetic admixture on lung volume and exercise phenotypes of Peruvian Quechua

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, July 2003, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  69. Association of African Genetic Admixture with Resting Metabolic Rate and Obesity Among Women

    Article • Obesity Research, July 2003, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  70. Control of Confounding of Genetic Associations in Stratified Populations

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, June 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  71. Spanish genetic admixture is associated with larger V̇o2 maxdecrement from sea level to 4,338 m in Peruvian Quechua

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, April 2003, American Physiological Society

    Professor Esteban Parra

  72. Comparing Quantitative Measures of Erythema, Pigmentation and Skin Response using Reflectometry

    Article • Pigment Cell Research, September 2002, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  73. Skin Responses to Ultraviolet Radiation: Effects of Constitutive Pigmentation, Sex, and Ancestry

    Article • Pigment Cell Research, September 2002, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  74. Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution (review)

    Article • Human Biology, January 2001, Project Muse

    Professor Esteban Parra

  75. Skin Reflectance in the Han Chinese and Tibetan Populations

    Article • Human Biology, January 2001, Project Muse

    Professor Esteban Parra

  76. Ancestral proportions and admixture dynamics in geographically defined African Americans living in South Carolina

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  77. Population Structure in Admixed Populations: Effect of Admixture Dynamics on the Pattern of Linkage Disequilibrium

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  78. Comparison of narrow-band reflectance spectroscopy and tristimulus colorimetry for measurements of skin and hair color in persons of different biological ancestry

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 2000, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  79. Estimation of admixture and detection of linkage in admixed populations by a Bayesian approach: application to African-American populations

    Article • Annals of Human Genetics, March 2000, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  80. Analysis of five y-Specific microsatellite loci in Asian and Pacific populations

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1999, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  81. Estimating African American Admixture Proportions by Use of Population-Specific Alleles

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, December 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Esteban Parra

  82. Genetic structure of the population of Cabo Verde (West Africa): Evidence of substantial european admixture

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 1995, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  83. Red cell enzymes and plasma protein polymorphisms in the population of Cabo Verde (West Africa)

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1995, Wiley

    Professor Esteban Parra

  84. Alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein Gene Frequencies in Galicia: Further Evidence for a Cline in European Populations

    Article • Human Heredity, January 1993, Karger Publishers

    Professor Esteban Parra

  85. Formal and population genetic studies of AHSG: Further data from Galicia

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra

  86. Distribution of F13A Phenotypes in Spain: A Particularly High Frequency of the F13A*2 Allele

    Article • Human Heredity, January 1992, Karger Publishers

    Professor Esteban Parra

  87. Finding the Genes Underlying Adaptation to Hypoxia Using Genomic Scans for Genetic Adaptation and Admixture Mapping

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esteban Parra