Ryan J. Eller
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University
Publications
26
Citations
479
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
12
Publishing since 2014
Ryan J. Eller studies the genetics behind human physical traits, especially the shape of the face and skull, using large-scale genome-wide association studies (statistical searches for DNA variants linked to specific traits). This work connects genetics to visible features such as facial structure, eyebrow color and thickness, and skin pigmentation, and includes developing computational tools for analyzing genetic data. Recent work also extends to computer vision applications, such as a system to support touchscreen tasks for chimpanzees.
Publication activity peaked around 2019-2020 and has slowed in the years since, averaging under one publication per year over the last five years.
Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026
- A Computer Vision Pipeline to Augment Touchscreen Tasks for Chimpanzees
2025
- Joint multi-ancestry and admixed GWAS reveals the complex genetics behind human cranial vault shape
Nature Communications · 2023
- GWAs Identify DNA Variants Influencing Eyebrow Thickness Variation in Europeans and Across Continental Populations
Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2023
- Joint Multi-Ancestry and Admixed GWAS Reveals the Complex Genetics behind Human Cranial Vault Shape
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
- Shared heritability of human face and brain shape
Nature Genetics · 2021
- 3D facial phenotyping by biometric sibling matching used in contemporary genomic methodologies
PLoS Genetics · 2021
- Genome scans of facial features in East Africans and cross-population comparisons reveal novel associations
PLoS Genetics · 2021
- The Intersection of the Genetic Architectures of Orofacial Clefts and Normal Facial Variation
Frontiers in Genetics · 2021
- Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face
Nature Genetics · 2020
- The Impact of Informational and Motivational Social Media Communication on First-Year University Students
Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting · 2020
- Robust genome-wide ancestry inference for heterogeneous datasets: illustrated using the 1,000 genome project with 3D facial images
Scientific Reports · 2020
- Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020
- Shared heritability of face and brain shape distinct from cognitive traits
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020
- ENHANCING OUR GENETIC KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN IRIS PIGMENTATION AND FACIAL MORPHOLOGY
Figshare · 2019
- Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify Multiple Genetic Loci Influencing Eyebrow Color Variation in Europeans
Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2019
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
- Nature Genetics×2
- Journal of Investigative Dermatology×2
- PLoS Genetics×2
- Nature Communications×1
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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.
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