Recent Publications
2025
- Berg JJ, Li, X, Riall, K, Hayward, L, Sella, G. Mutation-selection-drift balance models of complex disease. Genetics. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae211 [pdf]
- Blanc J, Berg JJ. Testing for differences in polygenic scores in the presence of confounding. Genetics. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae211 [pdf]
- Shastry V, Berg JJ. Allele ages provide limited information about the strength of negative selection. Genetics. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae211 [pdf]
2021
- Carlson MO, Rice DP, Berg JJ, Steinrücken M. Polygenic score accuracy in ancient samples: Quantifying the effects of allelic turnover. PLOS Genetics. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010170 [pdf]
2019
- Fuller Z, Berg JJ, Mostafavi H, Sella G, Przeworski M. Measuring "Intolerance to Mutation" in Human Genetics Nature Genetics. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0383-1 [pdf]
- Berg JJ*, Harpak A*, Sinnott-Armstrong N*, Jörgensen AM, Mostafavi H, Field Y, Boyle EA, Zhang X, Racimo F, Pritchard JK, Coop G. Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.39725 [pdf]
- Josephs E, Berg JJ, Ross-Ibarra J, Coop G. Detecting adaptive differentiation in structured populations with genomic data and common gardens Genetics. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.301786 [pdf]
Recent Preprints
2025
- Blanc, J, Mawass, W Berg JJ. Quantifying the susceptibility of polygenic scores to ancestry stratification. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.04.692430 [pdf]
- Li, X, Berg JJ. Background selection in recombining genomes and its consequences for the maintenance of variation in complex traits. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.27.656342 [pdf]
- Mawass, W, Matheson, J, Hernandez, U, Berg JJ, Masel, J. Extinction vortices are drive more by a shortage of beneficial mutations than by deleterious mutation accumulation. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.25.620329 [pdf]
- Smith, SP, Smith, OS, Mostafavi, H, Peng, D, Berg JJ, Edge, D, Harpak, A. A Litmus Test for Confounding in Polygenic Scores. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.01.635985 [pdf]
2025
- Berg JJ, Li, X, Riall, K, Hayward, L, Sella, G. Mutation-selection-drift balance models of complex disease. Genetics. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae211 [pdf]
- Blanc J, Berg JJ. Testing for differences in polygenic scores in the presence of confounding. Genetics. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae211 [pdf]
- Shastry V, Berg JJ. Allele ages provide limited information about the strength of negative selection. Genetics. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae211 [pdf]
2021
- Carlson MO, Rice DP, Berg JJ, Steinrücken M. Polygenic score accuracy in ancient samples: Quantifying the effects of allelic turnover. PLOS Genetics. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010170 [pdf]
2019
- Fuller Z, Berg JJ, Mostafavi H, Sella G, Przeworski M. Measuring "Intolerance to Mutation" in Human Genetics Nature Genetics. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0383-1 [pdf]
- Berg JJ*, Harpak A*, Sinnott-Armstrong N*, Jörgensen AM, Mostafavi H, Field Y, Boyle EA, Zhang X, Racimo F, Pritchard JK, Coop G. Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.39725 [pdf]
- Josephs E, Berg JJ, Ross-Ibarra J, Coop G. Detecting adaptive differentiation in structured populations with genomic data and common gardens Genetics. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.301786 [pdf]
Recent Preprints
2025
- Blanc, J, Mawass, W Berg JJ. Quantifying the susceptibility of polygenic scores to ancestry stratification. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.04.692430 [pdf]
- Li, X, Berg JJ. Background selection in recombining genomes and its consequences for the maintenance of variation in complex traits. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.27.656342 [pdf]
- Mawass, W, Matheson, J, Hernandez, U, Berg JJ, Masel, J. Extinction vortices are drive more by a shortage of beneficial mutations than by deleterious mutation accumulation. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.25.620329 [pdf]
- Smith, SP, Smith, OS, Mostafavi, H, Peng, D, Berg JJ, Edge, D, Harpak, A. A Litmus Test for Confounding in Polygenic Scores. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.01.635985 [pdf]