Publications

Lasisi, T., Claw, K. G., Fox, K., & Zaidi, A. A. (2023). Editorial: The ethics and challenges of studying the genetics of marginalized populations. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 1260457.

Lasisi, T., Smallcombe, J. W., Kenney, W. L., Shriver, M. D., Zydney, B., Jablonski, N. G., & Havenith, G. (2023). Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(24), e2301760120.

Lasisi, T., Zaidi, A. A., Webster, T. H., Stephens, N. B., Routch, K., Jablonski, N. G., & Shriver, M. D. (2021). High-throughput phenotyping methods for quantifying hair fiber morphology. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1–11.

Lasisi, T. (2021). The constraints of racialization: How classification and valuation hinder scientific research on human variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24264

Fuentes, A., Ackermann, R. R., Athreya, S., Bolnick, D., Lasisi, T., Lee, S.-H., McLean, S.-A., & Nelson, R. (2019). AAPA Statement on Race and Racism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 169(3), 400–402.

Quillen, E. E., Norton, H. L., Parra, E. J., Lona-Durazo, F., Ang, K. C., Illiescu, F. M., Pearson, L. N., Shriver, M. D., Lasisi, T., Gokcumen, O., Starr, I., Lin, Y.-L., Martin, A. R., & Jablonski, N. G. (2019). Shades of complexity: New perspectives on the evolution and genetic architecture of human skin. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168 Suppl 67, 4–26.

Lasisi, T., & Shriver, M. D. (2018). Focus on African diversity confirms complexity of skin pigmentation genetics. Genome Biology, 19(1), 13.

Dadzie, O. E., Lasisi, T., & Jablonski, N. G. (2017). The Anthropology of Human Scalp Hair. In N. A. Vashi & H. I. Maibach (Eds.), Dermatoanthropology of Ethnic Skin and Hair (pp. 315–330). Springer International Publishing.

Lasisi, T., Ito, S., Wakamatsu, K., & Shaw, C. N. (2016). Quantifying variation in human scalp hair fiber shape and pigmentation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 160(2), 341–352

Conference Papers

Lasisi, T., Zaidi, A., Jablonski, N. G., & Shriver. (2023). Rethinking genotype-phenotype mapping: hair as a case study. American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Reno, Nevada.

Tapanes, E., Lasisi, T., Kamilar, J. M., & Bradley, B. (2022). Genomics and cellular biology of primate pigmentation: lessons from other taxa. American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Denver, Colorado.

Palma Martínez, M., Posadas García, Y., Quiroz López, C., Lasisi, T., Bird, K. A., Zaidi, A., & Sohail, M. (2022). Challenging continental groupings of humans using a data-driven approach. American Society of Human Genetics, Los Angeles, California.

Beasley, M., Lasisi, T., Schmitt, C., Molopyane, K., Ocobock, C., Kissel, M., & Dunsworth, H. (2021). Bringing Truth to a Post-Truth World: how anthropologists engage and assess their science communication. American Anthropological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

Lasisi, T. (2021). Studying hair morphology in African and African-descendant populations. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Virtual.

Lasisi, T., Smallcombe, J., Shriver, M. D., Kenney, W. L., Havenith, G., & Jablonski, N. G. (2020). Hair fiber morphology and function: at the intersection of anthropology, physiology, and engineering. Experimental Biology, 34, 1–1.

Shriver, M. D., White, J. D., Lasisi, T., Eller, R. J., González-Zarzar, T., Indencleef, K., Li, J., Hoskens, H., Ortega-Castrillón, A., Zaidi, A., Weinberg, S. M., Wysocka, J., Walsh, S., Akey, J. M., & Claes, P. (2019). SNPs discovered in European GWAS shape worldwide facial diversity. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Cleveland, Ohio.

Lasisi, T., Zaidi, A., Webster, T. H., Jablonski, N. G., & Shriver, M. D. (2019). New insights into human hair variation: High-throughput phenotyping paves way for genome-wide association studies and selection screens. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Cleveland, Ohio.

Jablonski, N. G., Lasisi, T., Abhimanyu, A., Coussens, A. K., Naude, C. E., Chaplin, G., Pearson, L. N., Goliath, R., Shriver, M. D., & Wilkinson, R. J. (2018). Variation in skin reflectance and pigmentation genes in young adults of Xhosa and Cape Mixed ancestry from the Western Cape, South Africa. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, Texas.

Lasisi, T., Ito, S., Wakamatsu, K., Shriver, M. D., & Jablonski, N. G. (2018). More than meets the eye: what chemical analyses can reveal about hair color. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, Texas.

Jablonski, N. G., Lasisi, T., Abhimanyu, A., Coussens, A. K., Naude, C. E., Chaplin, G., Pearson, L. N., Goliath, R., Shriver, M. D., & Wilkinson, R. J. (2017). Variation in skin reflectance and pigmentation genes in young adults of Xhosa and Cape Mixed ancestry from the Western Cape, South Africa. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Lasisi, T., Jablonski, N. G., Shriver, M. D., Kenney, W. L., & Havenith, G. (2017). Thermoregulatory properties of hair: is human hair morphology adaptive? International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics, Kobe, Japan.