We conducted a study on the geographic distributions of human DNA differences in Great Britain. Human DNA variation is not randomly distributed across geographic regions. Regional differences in human DNA have been long known to reflect ancestry differences from the distant past (Figure). We investigated the extent to which DNA variants that influence heritable human characteristics also show regional differences. We looked at genetic variation associated with physical health, mental health, substance use, personality, BMI, reproduction, height, and educational attainment.
This repository gives the code of a web application that allows to interactively explore a few geographical components of the UK Biobank.
Here is a screenshot of one of the multiple viz available in the website:
The best way to use this application is via its online version.
To use this application locally, type in a R console:
library(shiny)
runGitHub("holtzy/UKB_geo_application")
It should install all the requested libraries and launch the application.
Please cite our Paper in Nature