Aðalbjörg Jónasdóttir

Research interests

Publications

• Differences between germline genomes of monozygotic twins

  Nature Genetics · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-00755-1

• Long-read sequencing of 3,622 Icelanders provides insight into the role of structural variants in human diseases and other traits

  Nature Genetics · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00865-4

• Lipoprotein(a) Concentration and Risks of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.10.019

• Parental influence on human germline de novo mutations in 1,548 trios from Iceland

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24018

• A rare IL33 loss-of-function mutation reduces blood eosinophil counts and protects from asthma

  PLoS Genetics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006659

• Graphtyper enables population-scale genotyping using pangenome graphs

  Nature Genetics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3964

• HLA class II sequence variants influence tuberculosis risk in populations of European ancestry

  Nature Genetics · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3498

• Identification of a large set of rare complete human knockouts

  Nature Genetics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3243

• Loss-of-function variants in ATM confer risk of gastric cancer

  Nature Genetics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3342

• Nonsense mutation in the LGR4 gene is associated with several human diseases and other traits

  Nature · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12124

• Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father’s age to disease risk

  Nature · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11396

• A study based on whole-genome sequencing yields a rare variant at 8q24 associated with prostate cancer

  Nature Genetics · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2437

• Sequence variants at CYP1A1–CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption

  Human Molecular Genetics · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr086

• Mutations in BRIP1 confer high risk of ovarian cancer

  Nature Genetics · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.955

• Identification of low-frequency variants associated with gout and serum uric acid levels

  Nature Genetics · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.972

• Fine-scale recombination rate differences between sexes, populations and individuals

  Nature · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09525

• A sequence variant on 17q21 is associated with age at onset and severity of asthma

  European Journal of Human Genetics · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2010.38

• Common variants near CAV1 and CAV2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma

  Nature Genetics · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.661

• Genome-wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm

  Nature Genetics · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.622

• Parental origin of sequence variants associated with complex diseases

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08625

• Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

  Nature · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07229

• Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease

  Nature · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06758

• Variants conferring risk of atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25

  Nature · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06007

• A Common Variant on Chromosome 9p21 Affects the Risk of Myocardial Infarction

  Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1142842

• Common Sequence Variants in the LOXL1 Gene Confer Susceptibility to Exfoliation Glaucoma

  Science · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146554

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