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Adrian Timpson

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Vasavan T, Getreu N, Rutter E, Biggs R, Woolley T, Timpson A, et al.
Clin Chem Lab Med . 2023 Nov; 62(4):e84-e87. PMID: 37919874
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Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth T, Macleod R, Timpson A, Stephen W, et al.
Curr Biol . 2022 Aug; 32(20):4350-4359.e6. PMID: 36044903
We report genome sequence data from six individuals excavated from the base of a medieval well at a site in Norwich, UK. A revised radiocarbon analysis of the assemblage is...
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Evershed R, Davey Smith G, Roffet-Salque M, Timpson A, Diekmann Y, Lyon M, et al.
Nature . 2022 Aug; 609(7927):E9. PMID: 36042335
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Evershed R, Davey Smith G, Roffet-Salque M, Timpson A, Diekmann Y, Lyon M, et al.
Nature . 2022 Jul; 608(7922):336-345. PMID: 35896751
In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over the past 10,000 years. Although...
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Timpson A, Barberena R, Thomas M, Mendez C, Manning K
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci . 2020 Nov; 376(1816):20190723. PMID: 33250032
Large anthropogenic C datasets are widely used to generate summed probability distributions (SPDs) as a proxy for past human population levels. However, SPDs are a poor proxy when datasets are...
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Manning K, Timpson A, Shennan S, Crema E
PLoS One . 2015 Dec; 10(12):e0141873. PMID: 26630287
Our analysis of over 28,000 osteometric measurements from fossil remains dating between c. 5600 and 1500 BCE reveals a substantial reduction in body mass of 33% in Neolithic central European...
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Wilde S, Timpson A, Kirsanow K, Kaiser E, Kayser M, Unterlander M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2014 Mar; 111(13):4832-7. PMID: 24616518
Pigmentation is a polygenic trait encompassing some of the most visible phenotypic variation observed in humans. Here we present direct estimates of selection acting on functional alleles in three key...
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Sverrisdottir O, Timpson A, Toombs J, Lecoeur C, Froguel P, Carretero J, et al.
Mol Biol Evol . 2014 Jan; 31(4):975-83. PMID: 24448642
Lactase persistence (LP) is a genetically determined trait whereby the enzyme lactase is expressed throughout adult life. Lactase is necessary for the digestion of lactose--the main carbohydrate in milk--and its...
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Shennan S, Downey S, Timpson A, Edinborough K, Colledge S, Kerig T, et al.
Nat Commun . 2013 Oct; 4:2486. PMID: 24084891
Following its initial arrival in SE Europe 8,500 years ago agriculture spread throughout the continent, changing food production and consumption patterns and increasing population densities. Here we show that, in...