Genome-wide SNP genotyping and DNA methylation epigenotyping of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and neighbouring agriculturalists

The epigenomic landscape of the human genome, in particular DNA methylation, is increasingly recognised as an important driver of phenotypic diversity in health and disease. However, the impact that genetic variation and changes in lifestyle and ecological habitat have on this epigenetic mark remains unknown. To address this question, we analysed genome-wide SNP and DNA methylation profiles of 362 individuals from African populations of rainforest hunter-gatherers and sedentary farmers with different past and present lifestyles and ecologies.

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Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)

2 Datasets 4 Publications

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Dataset ID	Description	Technology	Samples
EGAD00010000690	Genome-wide SNP genotyping of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and neighbouring agriculturalists by Illumina HumanOmniExpress		160
EGAD00010000692	Genome-wide DNA methylation epigenotyping of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and neighbouring agriculturalists by Illumina HumanMethylation450		372

Publications	Citations
The epigenomic landscape of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and farmers. Fagny M, Patin E, MacIsaac JL, Rotival M, Flutre T, Jones MJ, Siddle KJ, Quach H, Harmant C, McEwen LM, Froment A, Heyer E, Gessain A, Betsem E, Mouguiama-Daouda P, Hombert JM, Perry GH, Barreiro LB, Kobor MS, Quintana-Murci L. Nat Commun 6: 2015 10047	45
An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease. Horvath S, Gurven M, Levine ME, Trumble BC, Kaplan H, Allayee H, Ritz BR, Chen B, Lu AT, Rickabaugh TM, Jamieson BD, Sun D, Li S, Chen W, Quintana-Murci L, Fagny M, Kobor MS, Tsao PS, Reiner AP, Edlefsen KL, Absher D, Assimes TL. Genome Biol 17: 2016 171	391
Trends in DNA Methylation with Age Replicate Across Diverse Human Populations. Gopalan S, Carja O, Fagny M, Patin E, Myrick JW, McEwen LM, Mah SM, Kobor MS, Froment A, Feldman MW, Quintana-Murci L, Henn BM. Genetics 206: 2017 1659-1674	44
Non-coding 886 (<i>nc886</i>/<i>vtRNA2-1</i>), the epigenetic odd duck - implications for future studies. Raitoharju E, Rajić S, Marttila S. Epigenetics 19: 2024 2332819	0