Phone

607-255-1640

Address

Department of Biological Statistics & Computational Biology
101A Biotechnology Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-2703

Email

Web Sites

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Research Description

Statistical Genetics/Genomics, Bayesian Statistics, Population Genetics/Genomics, Computational Statistics, Molecular Evolution, Model Selection

Selected Publications

• Sutter, N. B., C. D. Bustamante , K. Chase, M. M. Gray, K. Zhao, L. Zhu, B. Padhukasahasram, E. Karlins, S. Davis, P. G. Jones, P. Quignon, G. S. Johnson, H.G. Parker, N. Fretwell, D. S. Mosher, D. F. Lawler, E. Satyaraj, M. Nordborg, K. G. Lark, R. K. Wayne, E. A. Ostrander. 2007. A Single IGF1 Allele Is a Major Determinant of Small Size in Dogs. Science (316): 112 - 115.url
• Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium. 2007. Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome. Science .316:222-34.url
• Hernandez RD, Hubisz MJ, Wheeler DA, Smith DG, Ferguson B, Rogers J,Nazareth L, Indap A, Bourquin T, McPherson J, Muzny D, Gibbs R, Nielsen R, Bustamante CD . 2007. Demographic histories and patterns of linkage disequilibrium in Chinese andIndian rhesus macaques. Science : 316:240-3.url
• Abecasis G, Tam PK, Bustamante CD , Ostrander EA, Scherer SW, Chanock SJ, Kwok PY, Brookes AJ. 2007. Human Genome Variation 2006: emerging views on structural variation and large-scale SNP analysis. Nat Genet 39(2):153-5.url
• Sweeney MT, Thomson MJ, Cho YG, Park YJ, Williamson SH, Bustamante CD, McCouch SR. Global dissemination of a single mutation conferring white pericarp in rice. PLoS Genet. 2007 Aug 10;3(8):e133. Epub 2007 Jun 26. PMID: 17696613 [PubMed - in process]
• Hernandez RD, Williamson SH, Zhu L, Bustamante CD. Context-Dependent Mutation Rates May Cause Spurious Signatures of a Fixation Bias Favoring Higher GC-Content in Humans. Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Jul 26; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17656634 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• Jensen JD, Thornton KR, Bustamante CD, Aquadro CF. On the utility of linkage disequilibrium as a statistic for identifying targets of positive selection in nonequilibrium populations. Genetics. 2007 Aug;176(4):2371-9. Epub 2007 Jun 11. PMID: 17565955 [PubMed - in process]
• Hernandez RD, Williamson SH, Bustamante CD. Context dependence, ancestral misidentification, and spurious signatures of natural selection. Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Aug;24(8):1792-800. Epub 2007 Jun 1. PMID: 17545186 [PubMed - in process]
• Williamson SH, Hubisz MJ, Clark AG, Payseur BA, Bustamante CD, Nielsen R. Localizing recent adaptive evolution in the human genome. PLoS Genet. 2007 Jun;3(6):e90. Epub 2007 Apr 20. PMID: 17542651 [PubMed - in process]
• Mosher DS, Quignon P, Bustamante CD, Sutter NB, Mellersh CS, Parker HG, Ostrander EA. A mutation in the myostatin gene increases muscle mass and enhances racing performance in heterozygote dogs. PLoS Genet. 2007 May 25;3(5):e79. Epub 2007 Apr 30. PMID: 17530926 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Gao H, Williamson S, Bustamante CD. A Markov chain Monte Carlo approach for joint inference of population structure and inbreeding rates from multilocus genotype data. Genetics. 2007 Jul;176(3):1635-51. Epub 2007 May 4. PMID: 17483417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]