Nick Patterson (scientist)
American computational geneticist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicholas James Patterson (born 9 June 1947)[1] is a mathematician working as a staff scientist at the Broad Institute with notable contributions to the area of computational genomics.[2][3] His work has appeared in scientific journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Genetics.[4][5] His research has brought a better understanding of early human migrations.[6][7] He is among the group of scientists who have sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010.[8] This was followed by the sequencing of a much higher quality Neanderthal genome, where the subject was from the Altai Mountains, in 2014.[9] These studies have uncovered some unexpected facts about the interbreeding between archaic and modern humans.
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Nick Patterson | |
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Born | Nicholas James Patterson (1947-06-09)June 9, 1947 |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Neanderthal genome project |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics |
Institutions | Broad Institute |
Thesis | On Conway's Group .O and Some Other Groups (1973) |
Doctoral advisor | John G. Thompson |
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