Publications by authors named "J-P Heyne"
Article Synopsis
- Population isolates like Finland provide a unique advantage for genetic research by having concentrated deleterious alleles in low-frequency variants due to historical bottlenecks.
- The FinnGen study aims to analyze data from 500,000 Finnish individuals, focusing on their genomes and health records, particularly as many participants are older and have disease-related data.
- From the analysis of 224,737 participants and additional biobank data, researchers discovered 30 new associations and a total of 2,733 significant genetic links across various diseases, highlighting the importance of low-frequency variants in understanding common diseases.
