920 E. 58th Street
CLSC 507H
Chicago, IL 60637

Phone: (773) 834-0525
Lab Phone: (773) 834-5909
Fax: (773) 834-0505

My research focus is the population genetics of humans, particularly the genetic architecture of human-specific traits (adaptations or diseases) and the determinants of recombination rates. To address these sets of questions, my group combines modeling, the development of statistical tools and data analysis.

Selected Publications

Przeworski, M., Coop, G., and Wall, J. D. (2005). "The signature of positive selection on standing genetic variation." Evolution 59: 2312-2323.

Ptak, S. E., Roeder, A., Stephens, M., Gilad, Y., Paabo, S., and Przeworski, M. (2004). "Absence of the TAP2 human recombination hotspot in chimpanzees." PLoS Biology 2: 849-855.

Hellmann, I., Ebersberger, I., Ptak, S., Paabo, S. and Przeworski, M. (2003). "A neutral explanation for the correlation between diversity levels and recombination rates in humans." Am. J. Hum. Gen. 72: 1527-35.

Przeworski, M. (2002) "The signature of positive selection at randomly chosen loci." Genetics 160: 1179-1189.

Ptak, S., and Przeworski, M. (2002) "Evidence for population growth in humans is confounded by population structure." Trends in Gen. 18: 559-563.

Pritchard, J. K., and Przeworski, M. (2001) "Linkage disequilibrium in humans: models and data." Am. J. Hum. Gen. 68: 1-14.

Andolfatto, P., and Przeworski, M. (2000) "A genome-wide departure from the standard neutral model in natural populations of Drosophila." Genetics 155: 257-268.