{"id":64,"date":"2018-01-23T19:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T19:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/benntorres\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2021-05-06T19:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:54:47","slug":"current-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/benntorres\/current-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genetic Ancestry: Our Stories, Our Pasts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J.\u00a02020. Anthropological perspectives on genomic data, genetic ancestry, and race.\u00a0Yearbook of Physical Anthropology<\/i>, 171(Suppl. 70):74\u201386. DOI: 10.1002\/ajpa.23979.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. , Martucci,V., Aldrich,MC., Vilar MG., MacKinney, T.,\u00a0Gaieski, JB., Hernandez, RB, Browne, ZE., Stevenson, M., Wendell Walters, W., Tariq, M.,Schurr, TG., and The Genographic Consortium. 2019. Analysis of biogeographic ancestry reveals complex genetic histories for indigenous communities of St. Vincent and Trinidad.\u00a0American Journal of Physical Anthropology,\u00a0<\/em>169:482\u2013497. DOI: 10.1002\/ajpa.23859.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2019.\u00a0A parrot among John Crows: diversity as risk and reward.\u00a0American Anthropologist<\/em>, 121(2):474-476. DOI:10.1111\/aman.13217.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2019. Race, rare genetic variants, and the science of human difference in the post-genomic age.Transforming Anthropology<\/em>, 27(1), 37-49. DOI:<\/strong>10.1111\/traa.12144.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Fuller, H. and\u00a0<\/span>Benn Torres, J. 2018.\u00a0<\/b>Investigating the \u2018Ta\u00edno\u2019 Ancestry of the Jamaican Maroons: A New Genetic (DNA), Historical and Multidisciplinary Analysis and Case Study of the Accompong Town Maroons.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studie<\/i>s. Vol. 43(1).<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2018. \u2018Reparational\u2019 Genetics: Genomic data and the case for reparations in the Caribbean.\u00a0Genealogy<\/i>, 2(1), 7; doi:10.3390\/genealogy2010007<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2018. Effective Population Size in The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, W. Trevathan (ed).\u00a0\u00a0John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (In press).<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. and Torres Colon, G. 2017. \u00a0\u00bfAfrocaribe\u00f1os y originarios? Gen\u00e9tica, memoria y presencia africana en el Caribe. Anales del Caribe (in press).<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2016. A history of you, me, and humanity: mitochondrial DNA in anthropological research.\u00a0AIMS Genetics, 2016, 3(2): 146-156. doi:\u00a010.3934\/genet.2016.2.146<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2016. Genetic Anthropology and Archaeology: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human History in the Caribbean. PaleoAmerica, 2(1), 1-5.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J., Vilar, M., Torres, G. , Gaieski, J., Bharath Hernandez, H., Browne, Z.,Stevenson, M., Walters, W.,. Schurr, TG., and The Genographic Consortium. 2015. Genetic Diversity in the Lesser Antilles and Its Implications for the Settlement of the Caribbean Basin. PloS one, 10(10), e0139192.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. and Torres Colon, G. \u00a02015. Racial Experience as an Alternative Operationalization of Race. Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints. Paper 76<\/p>\n

Madrilejo, N., Lombard, H., and Benn Torres, J. 2014. Origins of Marronage:\u00a0 Mitochondrial Lineages of Accompong Town Maroons. American Journal of Human Biology 27(3):432-7<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2014. Prospecting the past: genetic perspectives on the extinction and survival of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. New Genetics and Society 33(1): 21-41.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J., Stone, A., Kittles, R. 2013. An Anthropological Genetic Perspective on Creolization in the Anglophone Caribbean. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151(1):135-43.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres J., Doura M.B., Keita S.O.Y., and Kittles R.A. 2012. Y Chromosome Lineages in men of West African Descent. PloS one 7(1): e29687.<\/p>\n

Hooker S., Hernandez W., Chen H., Robbins C., Benn Torres J., Ahaghotu C., Carpten J.,Kittles R.A. 2010. Replication of prostate cancer risk loci on 8q24, 11q13, 17q12, 19q33, and Xp11 in African Americans. Prostate 70(3): 270-275.<\/p>\n

Kupfer S.S., Benn Torres J., Hooker S., Anderson J.R., Skol A.D., Ellis N.A., Kittles R.A. 2009. Novel single nucleotide polymorphism associations with colorectal cancer on chromosome 8q24 in African and European Americans. Carcinogenesis 30(8): 1353-1357.<\/p>\n

Kupfer S., Benn Torres J., Hooker S., Anderson J.R., Ellis N.A., Kittles R.\u00a0 2009. 768 novel SNP associations with colorectal cancer on 8q24 and 5q in African and European Americans. Gastroenterology 136(5): A-120.<\/p>\n

Giri V.N., Egleston B., Ruth K., Uzzo R.G., Chen D.Y.T., Buyyounouski M., Raysor S., Hooker S., Benn Torres J., Ramike T., Mastalski K., Kim T.Y., Kittles R. 2009. Race, genetic west African ancestry, and prostate cancer prediction by prostate-specific antigen in prospectively screened high-risk men. Cancer Prev Res 2(3): 244-250.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres J, Bonilla C., Robbins C.M., Waterman L., Moses T.Y., Hernandez W., Santos E.R., Bennett F., Aiken W., Tullock T., Coard K., Hennis A., Wu S., Nemesure B., Leske M.C., Freeman V., Carpten J., Kittles R.A. 2008. Admixture and population stratification in African Caribbean populations. Annals of Human Genetics 72(1): 90-98.<\/p>\n

Robbins C., Benn Torres J., Hooker S., Bonilla C., Hernandez W., Candreva A., Ahaghotu C.,Kittles R.A., Carpten J. 2007. Confirmation study of prostate cancer risk variants at 8q24 in African Americans identifies a novel risk locus. Genome Res. 17(12): 1717-1722.
\nBenn Torres J., Kittles R.A. 2007. The relationship between “race” and genetics in biomedical research. Curr Hypertens Rep 9(3): 196-201.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres J., Kittles R.A., Stone A.C. 2007. Mitochondrial and Y chromosome diversity in the English-speaking Caribbean. Ann Hum Genet 71(Pt 6): 782-90.<\/p>\n

Book Chapters<\/strong>
\nSchurr TG, Benn Torres J, Vilar MG, Gaieski JB, Melendez, C. 2016. A History of Indigenous Caribbean Populations:\u00a0 Insights from Archeological, Ethnographic, Genetic and Historical Studies. In: Zuckerman M, Martin DL, editors. New Directions in Biological Anthropology: Papers Honoring the Legacy of George Armelagos. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, pp. 385-402.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres J, Kittles RA. 2009. Race and genetics. In: Ferdinand K, Armani A, editors.Contemporary Cardiology: Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Humana Press. pp. 81-91.<\/p>\n

Kyker,K.D., Likos, A.M., Blair, F.C., Kurien, B.T., Hala\u2032sz, H., Benn. J, and Broyles, R.H. 1994. Hemoglobin switching in heterokaryons; Conservation of trans-acting factors that mediate developmental gene regulation. In Molecular Biology of Hemoglobin Switching. G.Stamatoyannopoulos (Ed) Intercept Ltd,. Andover, Hampshire, UK, Chap. 26, pp. 313-329.<\/p>\n

Invited Publications<\/strong>
\nBenn Torres, J. 2014. Out of many, one people: Genetic ancestry in the Caribbean. Genewatch 27-2.<\/p>\n

Benn Torres, J. 2014. Ensuring careful consideration of potential impacts. Commentary for<\/p>\n

Z\u00f3calo Public Square\u2019s program on Synthetic Biology, held September 23, 2014. http:\/\/www.zocalopublicsquare.org\/2014\/09\/22\/with-great-scientific-power-comes-great-responsibility\/ideas\/up-for-discussion\/#Jada+Benn+Torres+
\n(Reprinted in Time Magazine, http:\/\/time.com\/3419445\/if-synthetic-biology-lets-us-play-god-we-need-rules\/)<\/p>\n

Other Publications<\/strong>
\nTechnical reports<\/p>\n

Ozlins E.G., Carson E.A.; Benn J., Potter W.E., 2000. Report of Investigation: OMI #3545-7000-IRA<\/p>\n

Ozlins E.G., Rhoads M.L., Benn J, Potter W.E., Prilop V. 2000. Report of investigation: OMI #476-200-13V<\/p>\n

Komar D., Benn, J. 2000. Report of Investigation: OMI #4115-800-3<\/p>\n

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