Evaluating the mismatch hypothesis: An analysis of the evolutionary history of Type II Diabetes

Lauren Heverly

Evolutionary mismatch is a mechanism whereby disease-associated genetic variants that experienced positive natural selection in past environments because they were beneficial to fitness, may now contribute to negative health consequences in the context of present, modern environments. This project investigates the plausibility of the mismatch hypothesis for Type II Diabetes (T2D) by integrating genome-wide association data for individuals with South Asian ancestry (n=40,850) and evolutionary genomics.

Major: 
Biology
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
George Perry
Poster Number: 
36