The University of Queensland

Marker assisted selection

Visscher, P. M., van der Beek, S. and Haley, C. S. (2021). Marker assisted selection. Animal Breeding. (pp. 119-136) edited by A.E. Clark. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315137483-9

Genome-wide complex trait analysis (GCTA): methods, data analyses, and interpretations

Yang, J., Lee, (Sang) Hong, Goddard, M. E. and Visscher, Peter (2013). Genome-wide complex trait analysis (GCTA): methods, data analyses, and interpretations. Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genomic Prediction. (pp. 215-236) edited by Cedric Gondro, Julius van der Werf and Ben Hayes. New York, NY U.S.A.: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-447-0_9

Mapping common disease genes

Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Mapping common disease genes. Mapping common disease genes. (pp. 59-79) CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511543555.005

OTTERS: a powerful TWAS framework leveraging summary-level reference data

Dai, Qile, Zhou, Geyu, Zhao, Hongyu, Võsa, Urmo, Franke, Lude, Battle, Alexis, Teumer, Alexander, Lehtimäki, Terho, Raitakari, Olli T., Esko, Tõnu, Agbessi, Mawussé, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand Kumar, Arindrarto, Wibowo, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Jan Bonder, Marc, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark W., Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Favé, Marie-Julie, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Greg, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Hemani, Gibran ... Yang, Jingjing (2023). OTTERS: a powerful TWAS framework leveraging summary-level reference data. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1271, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36862-w

Cross-ancestry analyses identify new genetic loci associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D

Wang, Xiaotong, Hivert, Valentin, Groot, Shiane, Wang, Ying, Yengo, Loic, McGrath, John J., Kemper, Kathryn E., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Revez, Joana A. (2023). Cross-ancestry analyses identify new genetic loci associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D. PLoS Genetics, 19 (11) e1011033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011033

LEVERAGING FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANNOTATIONS AND GENOME COVERAGE TO IMPROVE POLYGENIC PREDICTION OF COMPLEX TRAITS WITHIN AND BETWEEN ANCESTRIES

Zeng, Jian, Zheng, Zhili, Liu, Shouye, Sidorenko, Julia, Yengo, Loic, Turley, Patrick, Ani, Alireza, Wang, Rujia, Nolte, Ilja, Snieder, Harold, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi, Goddard, Michael and Visscher, Peter (2023). LEVERAGING FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANNOTATIONS AND GENOME COVERAGE TO IMPROVE POLYGENIC PREDICTION OF COMPLEX TRAITS WITHIN AND BETWEEN ANCESTRIES. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 75, S29-S30. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.063

Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin’s finch evolution

Enbody, Erik D., Sendell-Price, Ashley T., Sprehn, C. Grace, Rubin, Carl-Johan, Visscher, Peter M., Grant, B. Rosemary, Grant, Peter R. and Andersson, Leif (2023). Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin’s finch evolution. Science, 381 (6665) eadf6218, eadf6218. doi: 10.1126/science.adf6218

Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores

Campos, Adrian I., Namba, Shinichi, Lin, Shu-Chin, Nam, Kisung, Sidorenko, Julia, Wang, Huanwei, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Wang, Ling-Hua, Lee, Seunggeun, Lin, Yen-Feng, Feng, Yen-Chen Anne, Okada, Yukinori, Visscher, Peter M., Yengo, Loic and The Biobank Japan Project (2023). Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores. Nature Genetics, 55 (10), 1769-1776. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01500-0

Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms shape human brain morphology

Wang, Hao, Makowski, Carolina, Zhang, Yanxiao, Qi, Anna, Kaufmann, Tobias, Smeland, Olav B., Fiecas, Mark, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Chen, Chi-Hua (2023). Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms shape human brain morphology. Cell Reports, 42 (8) 112896, 112896. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112896

Schizophrenia-associated somatic copy-number variants from 12,834 cases reveal recurrent NRXN1 and ABCB11 disruptions

Maury, Eduardo A., Sherman, Maxwell A., Genovese, Giulio, Gilgenast, Thomas G., Kamath, Tushar, Burris, S. J., Rajarajan, Prashanth, Flaherty, Erin, Akbarian, Schahram, Chess, Andrew, McCarroll, Steven A., Loh, Po-Ru, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer E., Brennand, Kristen J., Macosko, Evan Z., Walters, James T.R., O'Donovan, Michael, Sullivan, Patrick, Marshall, Christian R., Merico, Daniele, Thiruvahindrapuram, Bhooma, Wang, Zhouzhi, Scherer, Stephen W., Howrigan, Daniel P, Ripke, Stephan, Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan, Farh, Kai-How, Fromer, Menachem, Goldstein, Jacqueline I. ... Walsh, Christopher A. (2023). Schizophrenia-associated somatic copy-number variants from 12,834 cases reveal recurrent NRXN1 and ABCB11 disruptions. Cell Genomics, 3 (8) 100356, 100356. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100356

Polygenic risk prediction: why and when out-of-sample prediction R2 can exceed SNP-based heritability

Wang, Xiaotong, Walker, Alicia, Revez, Joana A., Ni, Guiyan, Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F.M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Colodro-Conde, Lucía ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2023). Polygenic risk prediction: why and when out-of-sample prediction R2 can exceed SNP-based heritability. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 110 (7), 1207-1215. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.06.006

Joint analysis of GWAS and multi-omics QTL summary statistics reveals a large fraction of GWAS signals shared with molecular phenotypes

Wu, Yang, Qi, Ting, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2023). Joint analysis of GWAS and multi-omics QTL summary statistics reveals a large fraction of GWAS signals shared with molecular phenotypes. Cell Genomics, 3 (8) 100344, 100344. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100344

Rare genetic variants underlie outlying levels of DNA methylation and gene-expression

Chundru, V. Kartik, Marioni, Riccardo E., Pendergast, James G. D., Lin, Tian, Beveridge, Allan J., Martin, Nicholas G, Montgomery, Grant W., Hume, David A., Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2023). Rare genetic variants underlie outlying levels of DNA methylation and gene-expression. Human Molecular Genetics, 32 (11), 1912-1921. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddad028

Using brain cell-type-specific protein interactomes to interpret neurodevelopmental genetic signals in schizophrenia

Hsu, Yu-Han H., Pintacuda, Greta, Liu, Ruize, Nacu, Eugeniu, Kim, April, Tsafou, Kalliopi, Petrossian, Natalie, Crotty, William, Suh, Jung Min, Riseman, Jackson, Martin, Jacqueline M., Biagini, Julia C., Mena, Daya, Ching, Joshua K.T., Malolepsza, Edyta, Li, Taibo, Singh, Tarjinder, Ge, Tian, Egri, Shawn B., Tanenbaum, Benjamin, Stanclift, Caroline R., Apffel, Annie M., Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Corvin, Aiden, Walters, James T.R., Farh, Kai-How, Holmans, Peter A., Lee, Phil ... Lage, Kasper (2023). Using brain cell-type-specific protein interactomes to interpret neurodevelopmental genetic signals in schizophrenia. iScience, 26 (5) 106701, 106701. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106701

Interactions between the lipidome and genetic and environmental factors in autism

Yap, Chloe X., Henders, Anjali K., Alvares, Gail A., Giles, Corey, Huynh, Kevin, Nguyen, Anh, Wallace, Leanne, McLaren, Tiana, Yang, Yuanhao, Hernandez, Leanna M., Gandal, Michael J., Hansell, Narelle K., Cleary, Dominique, Grove, Rachel, Hafekost, Claire, Harun, Alexis, Holdsworth, Helen, Jellett, Rachel, Khan, Feroza, Lawson, Lauren P., Leslie, Jodie, Levis Frenk, Mira, Masi, Anne, Mathew, Nisha E., Muniandy, Melanie, Nothard, Michaela, Miller, Jessica L., Nunn, Lorelle, Strike, Lachlan T. ... The Busselton Health Study Investigators (2023). Interactions between the lipidome and genetic and environmental factors in autism. Nature Medicine, 29 (4), 936-949. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02271-1

Larger cerebral cortex is genetically correlated with greater frontal area and dorsal thickness

Makowski, Carolina, Wang, Hao, Srinivasan, Anjali, Qi, Anna, Qiu, Yuqi, van der Meer, Dennis, Frei, Oleksandr, Zou, Jingjing, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Chen, Chi-Hua (2023). Larger cerebral cortex is genetically correlated with greater frontal area and dorsal thickness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (11) e2214834120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214834120

15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise

Abdellaoui, Abdel, Yengo, Loic, Verweij, Karin J. H. and Visscher, Peter M. (2023). 15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 110 (2), 179-194. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.12.011

Estimation and implications of the genetic architecture of fasting and non-fasting blood glucose

Qiao, Zhen, Sidorenko, Julia, Revez, Joana A., Xue, Angli, Lu, Xueling, Pärna, Katri, Snieder, Harold, Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Yengo, Loic and Lifelines Cohort Study (2023). Estimation and implications of the genetic architecture of fasting and non-fasting blood glucose. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 451, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36013-1

mBAT-combo: a more powerful test to detect gene-trait associations from GWAS data

Li, Ang, Liu, Shouye, Bakshi, Andrew, Jiang, Longda, Chen, Wenhan, Zheng, Zhili, Sullivan, Patrick F., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian and Zeng, Jian (2023). mBAT-combo: a more powerful test to detect gene-trait associations from GWAS data. American Journal of Human Genetics, 110 (1), 30-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.12.006

Genetic and modifiable risk factors combine multiplicatively in common disease

Pang, Shichao, Yengo, Loic, Nelson, Christopher P., Bourier, Felix, Zeng, Lingyao, Li, Ling, Kessler, Thorsten, Erdmann, Jeanette, Mägi, Reedik, Läll, Kristi, Metspalu, Andres, Mueller-Myhsok, Bertram, Samani, Nilesh J., Visscher, Peter M. and Schunkert, Heribert (2023). Genetic and modifiable risk factors combine multiplicatively in common disease. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 112 (2), 247-257. doi: 10.1007/s00392-022-02081-4

Phenotypic and Genetic Factors Associated with Absence of Cardiomyopathy Symptoms in PLN:c.40_42delAGA Carriers

Lopera-Maya, Esteban A., Li, Shuang, de Brouwer, Remco, Nolte, Ilja M., van Breen, Justin, Bosman, Laurens P., Verstraelen, Tom E., van Lint, Freya H. M., Cox, Moniek G. P. J., Groeneweg, Judith A., Mast, Thomas P., van der Zwaag, Paul A., Volders, Paul G. A., Evertz, Reinder, Wong, Lisa, de Groot, Natasja M. S., Zeppenfeld, Katja, van der Heijden, Jeroen F., van den Berg, Maarten P., Wilde, Arthur A. M., Asselbergs, Folkert W., Hauer, Richard N. W., te Riele, Anneline S. J. M., van Tintelen, J. Peter, Aguirre-Gamboa, Raul, Kuivenhoven, Jan A., Maya, Esteban A. Lopera, Visscher, Peter M., Vonk, Judith M. ... Sanna, Serena (2023). Phenotypic and Genetic Factors Associated with Absence of Cardiomyopathy Symptoms in PLN:c.40_42delAGA Carriers. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. doi: 10.1007/s12265-022-10347-5

Author Correction: Assortative mating biases marker-based heritability estimators (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (660), 10.1038/s41467-022-28294-9)

Border, Richard, O’Rourke, Sean, de Candia, Teresa, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Yengo, Loic, Jones, Matt and Keller, Matthew C. (2022). Author Correction: Assortative mating biases marker-based heritability estimators (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (660), 10.1038/s41467-022-28294-9). Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1903, 1903. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29652-3

Local CpG density affects the trajectory and variance of age-associated DNA methylation changes

Higham, Jonathan, Kerr, Lyndsay, Zhang, Qian, Walker, Rosie M., Harris, Sarah E., Howard, David M., Hawkins, Emma L., Sandu, Anca-Larisa, Steele, J. Douglas, Waiter, Gordon D., Murray, Alison D., Evans, Kathryn L., McIntosh, Andrew M., Visscher, Peter M., Deary, Ian J., Cox, Simon R. and Sproul, Duncan (2022). Local CpG density affects the trajectory and variance of age-associated DNA methylation changes. Genome Biology, 23 (1) 216, 1-28. doi: 10.1186/s13059-022-02787-8

The effect of the scale of grant scoring on ranking accuracy

Visscher, Peter M. and Yengo, Loic (2022). The effect of the scale of grant scoring on ranking accuracy. F1000Research, 11 1197, 1-18. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.125400.1

Parsimonious model for mass-univariate vertexwise analysis

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Colliot, Olivier and Yang, Jian (2022). Parsimonious model for mass-univariate vertexwise analysis. Journal of Medical Imaging, 9 (5), 1-19. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.9.5.052404

Improving GWAS discovery and genomic prediction accuracy in biobank data

Orliac, Etienne J., Banos, Daniel Trejo, Ojavee, Sven E., Läll, Kristi, Mägi, Reedik, Visscher, Peter M. and Robinson, Matthew R. (2022). Improving GWAS discovery and genomic prediction accuracy in biobank data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (31) e2121279119, 1-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2121279119

Author Correction: From Mendel to quantitative genetics in the genome era: the scientific legacy of W. G. Hill

Charlesworth, Brian, Goddard, Michael E., Meyer, Karin, Visscher, Peter M., Weir, Bruce S. and Wray, Naomi R. (2022). Author Correction: From Mendel to quantitative genetics in the genome era: the scientific legacy of W. G. Hill. Nature Genetics, 54 (9), 1448-1448. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01160-6

From Mendel to quantitative genetics in the genome era: the scientific legacy of W. G. Hill

Charlesworth, Brian, Goddard, Michael E., Meyer, Karin, Visscher, Peter M., Weir, Bruce S. and Wray, Naomi R. (2022). From Mendel to quantitative genetics in the genome era: the scientific legacy of W. G. Hill. Nature Genetics, 54 (7), 934-939. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01103-1

Genetics of cognitive performance, education and learning: from research to policy?

Visscher, Peter M. (2022). Genetics of cognitive performance, education and learning: from research to policy?. npj Science of Learning, 7 (1) 8, 8. doi: 10.1038/s41539-022-00124-z

Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

Trubetskoy, Vassily, Pardiñas, Antonio F, Qi, Ting, Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia, Awasthi, Swapnil, Bigdeli, Tim B, Bryois, Julien, Chen, Chia-Yen, Dennison, Charlotte A, Hall, Lynsey S, Lam, Max, Watanabe, Kyoko, Frei, Oleksandr, Ge, Tian, Harwood, Janet C, Koopmans, Frank, Magnusson, Sigurdur, Richards, Alexander L, Sidorenko, Julia, Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Grove, Jakob, Kim, Minsoo, Li, Zhiqiang, Voloudakis, Georgios, Zhang, Wen, Adams, Mark, Agartz, Ingrid, Atkinson, Elizabeth G ... Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2022). Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia. Nature, 604 (7906), 502-508. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04434-5

Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

Okbay, Aysu, Wu, Yeda, Wang, Nancy, Jayashankar, Hariharan, Bennett, Michael, Nehzati, Seyed Moeen, Sidorenko, Julia, Kweon, Hyeokmoon, Goldman, Grant, Gjorgjieva, Tamara, Jiang, Yunxuan, Hicks, Barry, Tian, Chao, Hinds, David A., Ahlskog, Rafael, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Oskarsson, Sven, Hayward, Caroline, Campbell, Archie, Porteous, David J., Freese, Jeremy, Herd, Pamela, Watson, Chelsea, Jala, Jonathan, Conley, Dalton, Koellinger, Philipp D., Johannesson, Magnus, Laibson, David, Meyer, Michelle N. ... Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2022). Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals. Nature Genetics, 54 (4), 437-449. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01016-z

Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data

Wainschtein, Pierrick, Jain, Deepti, Zheng, Zhili, Aslibekyan, Stella, Becker, Diane, Bi, Wenjian, Brody, Jennifer, Carlson, Jenna C., Correa, Adolfo, Du, Margaret Mengmeng, Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferrier, Kendra R., Graff, Misa, Guo, Xiuqing, He, Jiang, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Highland, Heather M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Howard-Claudio, Candace M., Isasi, Carmen R., Jackson, Rebecca, Jiang, Jicai, Joehanes, Roby, Justice, Anne E., Kalyani, Rita R., Kardia, Sharon, Lange, Ethan, LeBoff, Meryl, Lee, Seunggeun ... NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium (2022). Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data. Nature Genetics, 54 (3), 263-273. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00997-7

Discovery of genomic loci of the human cerebral cortex using genetically informed brain atlases

Makowski, Carolina, van der Meer, Dennis, Dong, Weixiu, Wang, Hao, Wu, Yan, Zou, Jingjing, Liu, Cin, Rosenthal, Sara B., Hagler, Donald J., Fan, Chun Chieh, Kremen, William S., Andreassen, Ole A., Jernigan, Terry L., Dale, Anders M., Zhang, Kun, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Chen, Chi-Hua (2022). Discovery of genomic loci of the human cerebral cortex using genetically informed brain atlases. Science, 375 (6580) A27, 522-528. doi: 10.1126/science.abe8457

Assortative mating biases marker-based heritability estimators

Border, Richard, O’Rourke, Sean, de Candia, Teresa, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Yengo, Loic, Jones, Matt and Keller, Matthew C. (2022). Assortative mating biases marker-based heritability estimators. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 660. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28294-9

Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS): pilot (n=1532)

Bivol, Svetlana, Mellick, George D., Gratten, Jacob, Parker, Richard, Mulcahy, Aoibhe, Mosley, Philip E., Poortvliet, Peter C., Campos, Adrian I., Mitchell, Brittany L., Garcia-Marin, Luis M., Cross, Simone, Ferguson, Mary, Lind, Penelope A., Loesch, Danuta Z., Visscher, Peter M., Medland, Sarah E., Scherzer, Clemens R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2022). Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS): pilot (n=1532). BMJ Open, 12 (2) e052032, e052032. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052032

Epigenetic scores for the circulating proteome as tools for disease prediction

Gadd, Danni A., Hillary, Robert F., McCartney, Daniel L., Zaghlool, Shaza B., Stevenson, Anna J., Cheng, Yipeng, Fawns-Ritchie, Chloe, Nangle, Cliff, Campbell, Archie, Flaig, Robin, Harris, Sarah E., Walker, Rosie M., Shi, Liu, Tucker-Drob, Elliot M., Gieger, Christian, Peters, Annette, Waldenberger, Melanie, Graumann, Johannes, McRae, Allan F., Deary, Ian J., Porteous, David J., Hayward, Caroline, Visscher, Peter M., Cox, Simon R., Evans, Kathryn L., McIntosh, Andrew M., Suhre, Karsten and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2022). Epigenetic scores for the circulating proteome as tools for disease prediction. eLife, 11 e71802, 1-24. doi: 10.7554/eLife.71802

Improved analyses of GWAS summary statistics by reducing data heterogeneity and errors

Chen, Wenhan, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Qi, Ting, Visscher, Peter M., Zhu, Zhihong and Yang, Jian (2021). Improved analyses of GWAS summary statistics by reducing data heterogeneity and errors. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 7117, 7117. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27438-7

Creating and validating a DNA methylation-based proxy for interleukin-6

Stevenson, Anna J, Gadd, Danni A, Hillary, Robert F, McCartney, Daniel L, Campbell, Archie, Walker, Rosie M, Evans, Kathryn L, Harris, Sarah E, Spires-Jones, Tara L, McRae, Allan F, Visscher, Peter M, McIntosh, Andrew M, Deary, Ian J and Marioni, Riccardo E (2021). Creating and validating a DNA methylation-based proxy for interleukin-6. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76 (12), 2284-2292. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab046

Probabilistic inference of the genetic architecture underlying functional enrichment of complex traits

Patxot, Marion, Banos, Daniel Trejo, Kousathanas, Athanasios, Orliac, Etienne J., Ojavee, Sven E., Moser, Gerhard, Holloway, Alexander, Sidorenko, Julia, Kutalik, Zoltan, Mägi, Reedik, Visscher, Peter M., Rönnegård, Lars and Robinson, Matthew R. (2021). Probabilistic inference of the genetic architecture underlying functional enrichment of complex traits. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 6972, 6972. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27258-9

Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations

Yap, Chloe X., Henders, Anjali K., Alvares, Gail A., Wood, David L.A., Krause, Lutz, Tyson, Gene W., Restuadi, Restuadi, Wallace, Leanne, McLaren, Tiana, Hansell, Narelle K., Cleary, Dominique, Grove, Rachel, Hafekost, Claire, Harun, Alexis, Holdsworth, Helen, Jellett, Rachel, Khan, Feroza, Lawson, Lauren P., Leslie, Jodie, Frenk, Mira Levis, Masi, Anne, Mathew, Nisha E., Muniandy, Melanie, Nothard, Michaela, Miller, Jessica L., Nunn, Lorelle, Holtmann, Gerald, Strike, Lachlan T., de Zubicaray, Greig I. ... Gratten, Jacob (2021). Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations. Cell, 184 (24), 5916-5931.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.10.015

A comparison of ten polygenic score methods for psychiatric disorders applied across multiple cohorts

Ni, Guiyan, Zeng, Jian, Revez, Joana A., Wang, Ying, Zheng, Zhili, Ge, Tian, Restuadi, Restuadi, Kiewa, Jacqueline, Nyholt, Dale R., Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Smoller, Jordan W., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). A comparison of ten polygenic score methods for psychiatric disorders applied across multiple cohorts. Biological Psychiatry, 90 (9), 611-620. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.04.018

Problems With Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos

Turley, Patrick, Meyer, Michelle N., Wang, Nancy, Cesarini, David, Hammonds, Evelynn, Martin, Alicia R., Neale, Benjamin M., Rehm, Heidi L., Wilkins-Haug, Louise, Benjamin, Daniel J., Hyman, Steven, Laibson, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Problems With Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 76 (10), 609-610. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0000000000000972

Discovery and implications of polygenicity of common diseases

Visscher, Peter M., Yengo, Loic, Cox, Nancy J. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). Discovery and implications of polygenicity of common diseases. Science, 373 (6562), 1468-1473. doi: 10.1126/science.abi8206

The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium

Lumbers, R. Thomas, Shah, Sonia, Lin, Honghuang, Czuba, Tomasz, Henry, Albert, Swerdlow, Daniel I., Mälarstig, Anders, Andersson, Charlotte, Verweij, Niek, Holmes, Michael V., Ärnlöv, Johan, Svensson, Per, Hemingway, Harry, Sallah, Neneh, Almgren, Peter, Aragam, Krishna G., Asselin, Geraldine, Backman, Joshua D., Biggs, Mary L., Bloom, Heather L., Boersma, Eric, Brandimarto, Jeffrey, Brown, Michael R., Brunner‐La Rocca, Hans‐Peter, Carey, David J., Chaffin, Mark D., Chasman, Daniel I., Chazara, Olympe, Chen, Xing ... Regeneron Genetics Center (2021). The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium. ESC Heart Failure, 8 (6) ehf2.13517, 5531-5541. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13517

Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

Võsa, Urmo, Claringbould, Annique, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bonder, Marc Jan, Deelen, Patrick, Zeng, Biao, Kirsten, Holger, Saha, Ashis, Kreuzhuber, Roman, Yazar, Seyhan, Brugge, Harm, Oelen, Roy, de Vries, Dylan H., van der Wijst, Monique G. P., Kasela, Silva, Pervjakova, Natalia, Alves, Isabel, Favé, Marie-Julie, Agbessi, Mawussé, Christiansen, Mark W., Jansen, Rick, Seppälä, Ilkka, Tong, Lin, Teumer, Alexander, Schramm, Katharina, Hemani, Gibran, Verlouw, Joost, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Sönmez Flitman, Reyhan ... i2QTL Consortium (2021). Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression. Nature Genetics, 53 (9), 1300-1310. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00913-z

Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

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Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci

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Using symptom-based case predictions to identify host genetic factors that contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility

van Blokland, Irene V., Lanting, Pauline, Ori, Anil P.S., Vonk, Judith M., Warmerdam, Robert C.A., Herkert, Johanna C., Boulogne, Floranne, Claringbould, Annique, Lopera-Maya, Esteban A., Bartels, Meike, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Ganna, Andrea, Karjalainen, Juha, Hayward, Caroline, Fawns-Ritchie, Chloe, Campbell, Archie, Porteous, David, Cirulli, Elizabeth T., Barrett, Kelly M. Schiabor, Riffle, Stephen, Bolze, Alexandre, White, Simon, Tanudjaja, Francisco, Wang, Xueqing, Ramirez, Jimmy M., Lim, Yan Wei, Lu, James T., Washington, Nicole L., de Geus, Eco J. C. ... Yengo, Loic (2021). Using symptom-based case predictions to identify host genetic factors that contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility. PLoS ONE, 16 (8) e0255402, e0255402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255402

Genomic partitioning of inbreeding depression in humans

Yengo, Loic, Yang, Jian, Keller, Matthew C., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Genomic partitioning of inbreeding depression in humans. American Journal of Human Genetics, 108 (8), 1488-1501. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.06.005

Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos

Turley, Patrick, Meyer, Michelle N., Wang, Nancy, Cesarini, David, Hammonds, Evelynn, Martin, Alicia R., Neale, Benjamin M., Rehm, Heidi L., Wilkins-Haug, Louise, Benjamin, Daniel J., Hyman, Steven, Laibson, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos. New England Journal of Medicine, 385 (1), 78-86. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsr2105065

Multi-omic and multi-species meta-analyses of nicotine consumption

Palmer, Rohan H. C., Benca-Bachman, Chelsie E., Huggett, Spencer B., Bubier, Jason A., McGeary, John E., Ramgiri, Nikhil, Srijeyanthan, Jenani, Yang, Jingjing, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Knopik, Valerie S. and Chesler, Elissa J. (2021). Multi-omic and multi-species meta-analyses of nicotine consumption. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 98, 98. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01231-y

Gene action, genetic variation, and GWAS: A user-friendly web tool

Hivert, Valentin, Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Gene action, genetic variation, and GWAS: A user-friendly web tool. PLoS Genetics, 17 (5) e1009548, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009548

Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137)

Muto, Vincenzo, Koshmanova, Ekaterina, Ghaemmaghami, Pouya, Jaspar, Mathieu, Meyer, Christelle, Elansary, Mahmoud, Van Egroo, Maxime, Chylinski, Daphne, Berthomier, Christian, Brandewinder, Marie, Mouraux, Charlotte, Schmidt, Christina, Hammad, Gregory, Coppieters, Wouter, Ahariz, Naima, Degueldre, Christian, Luxen, Andre, Salmon, Eric, Phillips, Christophe, Archer, Simon N, Yengo, Loic, Byrne, Enda, Collette, Fabienne, Georges, Michel, Dijk, Derk-Jan, Maquet, Pierre, Visscher, Peter M and Vandewalle, Gilles (2021). Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137). Sleep, 44 (5) zsaa137. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab079

Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia

Restuadi, Restuadi, Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, van Rheenen, Wouter, Zhu, Zhihong, Laing, Nigel G., Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Visscher, Peter M., Needham, Merrilee, Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth, Rowe, Dominic B., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A., Pamphlett, Roger, Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2021). Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00885-y

Variation in VKORC1 is associated with vascular dementia

Mur, Jure, McCartney, Daniel L., Chasman, Daniel I., Visscher, Peter M., Muniz-Terrera, Graciela, Cox, Simon R., Russ, Tom C. and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2021). Variation in VKORC1 is associated with vascular dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 80 (3), 1329-1337. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201256

Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals

Hivert, Valentin, Sidorenko, Julia, Rohart, Florian, Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Yengo, Loic and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 108 (5), 786-798. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.02.014

Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders

Nabais, Marta F., Laws, Simon M., Lin, Tian, Vallerga, Costanza L., Armstrong, Nicola J., Blair, Ian P., Kwok, John B., Mather, Karen A., Mellick, George D., Sachdev, Perminder S., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., Hop, Paul J., Lunnon, Katie, Pishva, Ehsan, Roubroeks, Janou A. Y., Soininen, Hilkka, Tsolaki, Magda, Mecocci, Patrizia, Lovestone, Simon, Kloszewska, Iwona, Vellas, Bruno, Furlong, Sarah, Garton, Fleur C., Henderson, Robert D., Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee ... McRae, Allan F. (2021). Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders. Genome Biology, 22 (1) 90, 1-30. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02275-5

Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index

Guo, Jing, Bakshi, Andrew, Wang, Ying, Jiang, Longda, Yengo, Loic, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 5240, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84739-z

GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression

Wu, Yeda, Murray, Graham K., Byrne, Enda M., Sidorenko, Julia, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1146, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21280-7

Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories

Zeng, Jian, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Wu, Yang, Wang, Huanwei, Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Kemper, Kathryn E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1164, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21446-3

Phenotypic covariance across the entire spectrum of relatedness for 86 billion pairs of individuals

Kemper, Kathryn E., Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Keller, Matthew C., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Phenotypic covariance across the entire spectrum of relatedness for 86 billion pairs of individuals. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1050, 1050. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21283-4

Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank

Yap, Chloe X., Alvares, Gail A., Henders, Anjali K., Lin, Tian, Wallace, Leanne, Farrelly, Alaina, McLaren, Tiana, Berry, Jolene, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Zeng, Jian, Yang, Yuanhao, Cleary, Dominique, Grove, Rachel, Hafekost, Claire, Harun, Alexis, Holdsworth, Helen, Jellett, Rachel, Khan, Feroza, Lawson, Lauren, Leslie, Jodie, Levis Frenk, Mira, Masi, Anne, Mathew, Nisha E., Muniandy, Melanie, Nothard, Michaela, Visscher, Peter M., Dawson, Paul A., Dissanayake, Cheryl ... Gratten, Jacob (2021). Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank. Molecular Autism, 12 (1) 12, 12. doi: 10.1186/s13229-020-00407-5

Correction: Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes

Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2021). Correction: Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 988, 988. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21294-1

Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes

Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2021). Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 6450, 6450. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20237-6

From basic science to clinical application of polygenic risk scores : a primer

Wray, Naomi R., Lin, Tian, Austin, Jehannine, McGrath, John J., Hickie, Ian B., Murray, Graham K. and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). From basic science to clinical application of polygenic risk scores : a primer. JAMA Psychiatry, 78 (1), 101-109. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3049

Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour

Mills, Melinda C., Tropf, Felix C., Brazel, David M., van Zuydam, Natalie, Vaez, Ahmad, Agbessi, Mawussé, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand Kumar, Arindrarto, Wibowo, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Jan Bonder, Marc, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark W., Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tõnu, Favé, Marie-Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Greg, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kähönen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette ... Human Reproductive Behaviour Consortium (2021). Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (12), 1717-1730. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01135-3

Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository

Becker, Joel, Burik, Casper A. P., Goldman, Grant, Wang, Nancy, Jayashankar, Hariharan, Bennett, Michael, Belsky, Daniel W., Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Ahlskog, Rafael, Kleinman, Aaron, Hinds, David A., Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Auton, Adam, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Fontanillas, Pierre, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., McCreight, Jennifer C., McIntyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Northover, Carrie A. M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Sazonova, Olga V., Shelton, Janie F. ... Okbay, Aysu (2021). Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (12), 1744-1758. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01119-3

Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders

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A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank

Shen, Xueyi, Howard, David M., Adams, Mark J., Hill, W. David, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Adams, Mark J., Clarke, Toni-Kim, McIntosh, Andrew M., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard ... McIntosh, Andrew M. (2020). A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2301. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16022-0

Author Correction: Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2865), 10.1038/s41467-020-16520-1)

Banos, Daniel Trejo, McCartney, Daniel L., Patxot, Marion, Anchieri, Lucas, Battram, Thomas, Christiansen, Colette, Costeira, Ricardo, Walker, Rosie M., Morris, Stewart W., Campbell, Archie, Zhang, Qian, Porteous, David J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Haley, Chris S., Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., McIntosh, Andrew M., Hemani, Gibran, Bell, Jordana T., Marioni, Riccardo E. and Robinson, Matthew R. (2020). Author Correction: Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2865), 10.1038/s41467-020-16520-1). Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5186, 5186. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19099-9

Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits

Trejo Banos, Daniel, McCartney, Daniel L., Patxot, Marion, Anchieri, Lucas, Battram, Thomas, Christiansen, Colette, Costeira, Ricardo, Walker, Rosie M., Morris, Stewart W., Campbell, Archie, Zhang, Qian, Porteous, David J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Haley, Chris S., Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., McIntosh, Andrew M., Hemani, Gibran, Bell, Jordana T., Marioni, Riccardo E. and Robinson, Matthew R. (2020). Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2865, 2865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16520-1

Randomized, placebo controlled trial of experimental hookworm infection for improving gluten tolerance in celiac disease

Croese, John, Miller, Gregory C., Marquart, Louise, Llewellyn, Stacey, Gupta, Rohit, Becker, Luke, Clouston, Andrew D., Welch, Christine, Sidorenko, Julia, Wallace, Leanne, Visscher, Peter M., Remedios, Matthew L., McCarthy, James S., OʼRourke, Peter, Radford-Smith, Graham, Loukas, Alex, Norrie, Mark, Masson, John W., Gearry, Richard B., Rahman, Tony and Giacomin, Paul R. (2020). Randomized, placebo controlled trial of experimental hookworm infection for improving gluten tolerance in celiac disease. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 11 (12), e00274. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000274

Evolutionary genomics at the human-environment interface in Africa

Svardal, Hannes, Rusuwa, Bosco, Linderoth, Tyler, Kiran, Anmol, Charmantier, Anne, Lattorff, H. Michael G., Cagan, Alex, Ommeh, Sheila C., Kamng'ona, Arox, Katongo, Cyprian, Santos, M. Emília, Durbin, Richard, Kumwenda, Benjamin, Visscher, Peter M. and Von Der Heyden, Sophie (2020). Evolutionary genomics at the human-environment interface in Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37 (10), 3076-3080. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa132

Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease implies an oligogenic architecture

Zhang, Qian, Sidorenko, Julia, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Marioni, Riccardo E., Wright, Margaret J., Goate, Alison M., Marcora, Edoardo, Huang, Kuan-lin, Porter, Tenielle, Laws, Simon M., Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study, Sachdev, Perminder S., Mather, Karen A., Armstrong, Nicola J., Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Brodaty, Henry, Yengo, Loic, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., McRae, Allan F. and Visscher, Peter M. (2020). Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease implies an oligogenic architecture. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4799, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18534-1

Using prior information from humans to prioritize genes and gene-associated variants for complex traits in livestock

Raymond, Biaty, Yengo, Loic, Costilla, Roy, Schrooten, Chris, Bouwman, Aniek C., Hayes, Ben J., Veerkamp, Roel F. and Visscher, Peter M. (2020). Using prior information from humans to prioritize genes and gene-associated variants for complex traits in livestock. PLoS Genetics , 16 (9) e1008780, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008780

Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12,300 individuals

Colicino, Elena, Marioni, Riccardo, Ward-Caviness, Cavin, Gondalia, Rahul, Guan, Weihua, Chen, Brian, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Huan, Tianxiao, Xu, Gao, Golareh, Agha, Schwartz, Joel, Vokonas, Pantel, Just, Allan, Starr, John M., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Bressler, Jan, Zhang, Wen, Tanaka, Toshiko, Moore, Ann Zenobia, Pilling, Luke C., Zhang, Guosheng, Stewart, James D., Li, Yun, Hou, Lifang, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, Spector, Tim, Kiel, Douglas P. ... Baccarelli, Andrea (2020). Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12,300 individuals. Aging, 12 (14), 14092-14124. doi: 10.18632/aging.103408

Theoretical and empirical quantification of the accuracy of polygenic scores in ancestry divergent populations

Wang, Ying, Guo, Jing, Ni, Guiyan, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Yengo, Loic (2020). Theoretical and empirical quantification of the accuracy of polygenic scores in ancestry divergent populations. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 3865, 3865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17719-y

A unified framework for association and prediction from vertex‐wise grey‐matter structure

Couvy‐Duchesne, Baptiste, Strike, Lachlan T., Zhang, Futao, Holtz, Yan, Zheng, Zhili, Kemper, Kathryn E., Yengo, Loic, Colliot, Olivier, Wright, Margaret J., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2020). A unified framework for association and prediction from vertex‐wise grey‐matter structure. Human Brain Mapping, 41 (14) hbm.25109, 4062-4076. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25109

Multi-method genome- and epigenome-wide studies of inflammatory protein levels in healthy older adults

Hillary, Robert F., Trejo-Banos, Daniel, Kousathanas, Athanasios, McCartney, Daniel L., Harris, Sarah E., Stevenson, Anna J., Patxot, Marion, Ojavee, Sven Erik, Zhang, Qian, Liewald, David C., Ritchie, Craig W., Evans, Kathryn L., Tucker-Drob, Elliot M., Wray, Naomi R., McRae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Deary, Ian J., Robinson, Matthew R. and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2020). Multi-method genome- and epigenome-wide studies of inflammatory protein levels in healthy older adults. Genome Medicine, 12 (1) 60, 60. doi: 10.1186/s13073-020-00754-1

Conditional GWAS analysis to identify disorder-specific SNPs for psychiatric disorders

Byrne, Enda M., Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Skene, Nathan G., Bryois, Julien, Pardinas, Antonio F., Stahl, Eli, Bipolar Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Rietschel, Marcella, Smoller, Jordan W., Owen, Michael J., Walters, James T. R., O’Donovan, Michael C., McGrath, John G., Hjerling-Leffler, Jens, Sullivan, Patrick F., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Wray, Naomi R. (2020). Conditional GWAS analysis to identify disorder-specific SNPs for psychiatric disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 26 (6), 2070-2081. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0705-9

Musings on Visscher et al. (2006)

Visscher, Peter M. (2020). Musings on Visscher et al. (2006). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (2), 1-2. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.21

Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration

Revez, Joana A., Lin, Tian, Qiao, Zhen, Xue, Angli, Holtz, Yan, Zhu, Zhihong, Zeng, Jian, Wang, Huanwei, Sidorenko, Julia, Kemper, Kathryn E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Frater, Julanne, Eyles, Darryl, Burne, Thomas H. J., Mitchell, Brittany, Martin, Nicholas G., Zhu, Gu, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and McGrath, John J. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 1647, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15421-7

Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder

Amare, Azmeraw T., Schubert, Klaus Oliver, Hou, Liping, Clark, Scott R., Papiol, Sergi, Cearns, Micah, Heilbronner, Urs, Degenhardt, Franziska, Tekola-Ayele, Fasil, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Shekhtman, Tatyana, Adli, Mazda, Akula, Nirmala, Akiyama, Kazufumi, Ardau, Raffaella, Arias, Bárbara, Aubry, Jean-Michel, Backlund, Lena, Bhattacharjee, Abesh Kumar, Bellivier, Frank, Benabarre, Antonio, Bengesser, Susanne, Biernacka, Joanna M., Birner, Armin, Brichant-Petitjean, Clara, Cervantes, Pablo, Chen, Hsi-Chung, Chillotti, Caterina, Cichon, Sven ... Baune, Bernhard T. (2020). Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 26 (6), 2457-2470. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0689-5

Analysis of DNA methylation associates the cystine–glutamate antiporter SLC7A11 with risk of Parkinson’s disease

Vallerga, Costanza L., Zhang, Futao, Fowdar, Javed, McRae, Allan F., Qi, Ting, Nabais, Marta F., Zhang, Qian, Kassam, Irfahan, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Montgomery, Grant, Chuang, Yu-Hsuan, Horvath, Steve, Ritz, Beate, Halliday, Glenda, Hickie, Ian, Kwok, John B., Pearson, John, Pitcher, Toni, Kennedy, Martin, Bentley, Steven R., Silburn, Peter A., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Lewis, Simon J. G., Anderson, Tim, Dalrymple-Alford, John, Mellick, George D., Visscher, Peter M. and Gratten, Jacob (2020). Analysis of DNA methylation associates the cystine–glutamate antiporter SLC7A11 with risk of Parkinson’s disease. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 1238, 1238. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15065-7

Significant out-of-sample classification from methylation profile scoring for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank

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Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

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A resource-efficient tool for mixed model association analysis of large-scale data

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No evidence for social genetic effects or genetic similarity among friends beyond that due to population stratification: A reappraisal of Domingue et al (2018)

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Bipolar multiplex families have an increased burden of common risk variants for psychiatric disorders

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Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

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Extreme inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemporary UK population

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Improved precision of epigenetic clock estimates across tissues and its implication for biological ageing

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Genotype-by-environment interactions inferred from genetic effects on phenotypic variability in the UK Biobank

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Mendelian randomization integrating GWAS and eQTL data reveals genetic determinants of complex and clinical traits

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Genome and epigenome wide studies of neurological protein biomarkers in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

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The effect of X-linked dosage compensation on complex trait variation

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Students’, colleagues’ and research partners’ experience about work and accomplishments from collaborating with Robin Thompson

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“Arte et Labore” - a Blackburn Rovers fan's legacy in human complex trait genetics

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Correction: GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease

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Parkinson's disease age at onset genome-wide association study: defining heritability, genetic loci, and α-synuclein mechanisms

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Publisher Correction: Gene expression imputation across multiple brain regions provides insights into schizophrenia risk (Nature Genetics, (2019), 51, 4, (659-674), 10.1038/s41588-019-0364-4)

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OSCA: a tool for omic-data-based complex trait analysis

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Exploring the role of genetic confounding in the association between maternal and offspring body mass index: evidence from three birth cohorts

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Bi-allelic Loss-of-Function CACNA1B Mutations in Progressive Epilepsy-Dyskinesia

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Examining the impact of imputation errors on fine-mapping using DNA methylation QTL as a model trait

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Tissue-specific sex-differences in human gene expression

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Genome-wide association study of medication-use and associated disease in the UK Biobank

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Moving beyond neurons: the role of cell type-specific gene regulation in Parkinson's disease heritability

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Steroid receptor coactivator-1 modulates the function of Pomc neurons and energy homeostasis

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Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study

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Complex trait prediction from genome data: contrasting EBV in livestock to PRS in humans: genomic prediction

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From R.A. Fisher’s 1918 paper to GWAS a century later

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Gene expression imputation across multiple brain regions provides insights into schizophrenia risk

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Population-based identity-by-descent mapping combined with exome sequencing to detect rare risk variants for schizophrenia

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Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

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Author correction: Repurposing large health insurance claims data to estimate genetic and environmental contributions in 560 phenotypes

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Commentary: Fisher 1918: the foundation of the genetics and analysis of complex traits

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Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume

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Repurposing large health insurance claims data to estimate genetic and environmental contributions in 560 phenotypes

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A polygenic resilience score moderates the genetic risk for schizophrenia

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Author Correction: Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 2, (229-237), 10.1038/s41588-017-0009-4)

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Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for body fat distribution in 694 649 individuals of European ancestry

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Publisher Correction: Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 2, (229-237), 10.1038/s41588-017-0009-4)

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Dissection of genetic variation and evidence for pleiotropy in male pattern baldness

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Identification of 55,000 replicated DNA methylation QTL

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Assortative mating on complex traits revisited: Double first cousins and the X-chromosome

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Genome-wide interaction study of a proxy for stress-sensitivity and its prediction of major depressive disorder

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Leveraging GWAS for complex traits to detect signatures of natural selection in humans

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Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome

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Erratum: Author Correction: Misestimation of heritability and prediction accuracy of male-pattern baldness (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (2537))

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Epigenetic signatures of starting and stopping smoking

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Genotype effects contribute to variation in longitudinal methylome patterns in older people

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for height and body mass index in ∼700000 individuals of European ancestry

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Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

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Epigenetic prediction of complex traits and death

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Evolutionary history and adaptation of a human pygmy population of Flores Island, Indonesia

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Genome-wide association analyses identify 143 risk variants and putative regulatory mechanisms for type 2 diabetes

Xue, Angli, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Sidorenko, Julia, Wu, Yeda, eQTLGen Consortium, McRae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 143 risk variants and putative regulatory mechanisms for type 2 diabetes. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2941, 2941. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04951-w

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

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Misestimation of heritability and prediction accuracy of male-pattern baldness

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A correction for sample overlap in genome-wide association studies in a polygenic pleiotropy-informed framework

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Common disease is more complex than implied by the core gene omnigenic model

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Genomic dissection of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, including 28 subphenotypes

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Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood

Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Kemper, Kathryn, Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, eQTLGen Consortium, Marioni, Riccardo E., Montgomery, Grant W., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2018). Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2282, 2282. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04558-1

Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans

Cuellar Partida, Gabriel, Laurin, Charles, Ring, Susan M., Gaunt, Tom R., McRae, Allan, Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Hemani, Gibran, Suderman, Matthew, Relton, Caroline L., Davey Smith, George and Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (16), 2927-2939. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy206

GWAS on family history of Alzheimer's disease

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Erratum: evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2017) 115 (151–156) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707227114)

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Global genetic differentiation of complex traits shaped by natural selection in humans

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Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till M. F., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan F. T., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas R. H., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Coleman, Jonathan I. R., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Craddock, Nick, Crawford, Gregory E., Crowley, Cheynna A. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 668-+. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0090-3

Comparison of methods that use whole genome data to estimate the heritability and genetic architecture of complex traits

Evans, Luke M., Tahmasbi, Rasool, Vrieze, Scott I., Abecasis, Gonçalo R., Das, Sayantan, Gazal, Steven, Bjelland, Douglas W., de Candia, Teresa R., Haplotype Reference Consortium, Goddard, Michael E., Neale, Benjamin M., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Keller, Matthew C. (2018). Comparison of methods that use whole genome data to estimate the heritability and genetic architecture of complex traits. Nature genetics, 50 (5), 737-745. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0108-x

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

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Narrow-sense heritability estimation of complex traits using identity-by-descent information

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A multi-trait Bayesian method for mapping QTL and genomic prediction

Kemper, Kathryn E., Bowman, Philip J., Hayes, Benjamin J., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2018). A multi-trait Bayesian method for mapping QTL and genomic prediction. Genetics Selection Evolution, 50 (1) 10, 10. doi: 10.1186/s12711-018-0377-y

Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits

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Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits

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Reply to Kardos et al.: estimation of inbreeding depression from SNP data

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Transformation of summary statistics from linear mixed model association on all-or-none traits to odds ratio

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GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

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Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

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Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans

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Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

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Epigenetic influences on aging: a longitudinal genome-wide methylation study in old Swedish twins

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Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

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Challenges in understanding common disease

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Gene networks associated with non-syndromic intellectual disability

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Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

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Testing two evolutionary theories of human aging with DNA methylation data

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Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

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Cross-ethnic meta-analysis identifies association of the GPX3-TNIP1 locus with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Genetic correlations reveal the shared genetic architecture of transcription in human peripheral blood

Lukowski, Samuel W., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, Kirsten, Holger, Hemani, Gibran, Yang, Jian, Small, Kerrin, Zhao, Jing, Metspalu, Andres, Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Gibson, Greg, Spector, Timothy D., Thiery, Joachim, Scholz, Markus, Montgomery, Grant W., Esko, Tonu, Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2017). Genetic correlations reveal the shared genetic architecture of transcription in human peripheral blood. Nature Communications, 8 (483) 483, 483. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00473-z

Concepts, estimation and interpretation of SNP-based heritability

Yang, Jian, Zeng, Jian, Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Concepts, estimation and interpretation of SNP-based heritability. Nature Genetics, 49 (9), 1304-1310. doi: 10.1038/ng.3941

Embracing polygenicity: a review of methods and tools for psychiatric genetics research

Maier, R. M., Visscher, P. M., Robinson, M. R. and Wray, N. R. (2017). Embracing polygenicity: a review of methods and tools for psychiatric genetics research. Psychological Medicine, 48 (7), 1055-1067. doi: 10.1017/s0033291717002318

Performance of risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease based on genotyping platform and genomic risk score method

Chen, Guo-Bo, Lee, Sang Hong, Montgomery, Grant W., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Gearry, Richard B., Lawrance, Ian C., Andrews, Jane M., Bampton, Peter, Mahy, Gillian, Bell, Sally, Walsh, Alissa, Connor, Susan, Sparrow, Miles, Bowdler, Lisa M., Simms, Lisa A., Krishnaprasad, Krupa, Radford-Smith, Graham L. and Moser, Gerhard (2017). Performance of risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease based on genotyping platform and genomic risk score method. BMC Medical Genetics, 18 (1) 94, 94. doi: 10.1186/s12881-017-0451-2

Constraints on eQTL fine mapping in the presence of multisite local regulation of gene expression

Zeng, Biao, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, Marigorta, Urko M., Metspalu, Andres, Montgomery, Grant W., Esko, Tonu, Brigham, Kenneth L., Quyyumi, Arshed A., Idaghdour, Youssef, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M., Powell, Joseph E. and Gibson, Greg (2017). Constraints on eQTL fine mapping in the presence of multisite local regulation of gene expression. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, 7 (8), 2533-2544. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.043752

Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data

Yengo, Loic, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Weir, Bruce S., Yang, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (32), 8602-8607. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621096114

Genotype-covariate interaction effects and the heritability of adult body mass index

Robinson, Matthew R., English, Geoffrey, Moser, Gerhard, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Triplett, Marcus A., Zhu, Zhihong, Nolte, Ilja M., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik, Johannesson, Magnus, Yang, Jian, Cesarini, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Genotype-covariate interaction effects and the heritability of adult body mass index. Nature Genetics, 49 (8), 1174-1181. doi: 10.1038/ng.3912

10 years of GWAS discovery: biology, function, and translation

Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Zhang, Qian, Sklar, Pamela, McCarthy, Mark I., Brown, Matthew A. and Yang, Jian (2017). 10 years of GWAS discovery: biology, function, and translation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101 (1), 5-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.005

Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort

Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Zhao, Qiongyi, Liu, Zhijun, Gratten, Jacob, Henders, Anjali K., Zhang, Zong-Hong, Edson, Janette, Furlong, Sarah, Morgan, Sarah, Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn, Pfluger, Casey, Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., McRae, Allan F., Robinson, Matthew R., Shah, Sonia, Visscher, Peter M., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R. and McCombe, Pamela A. (2017). Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, 5 (4), 418-428. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.302

Inference on the genetic basis of eye and skin color in an admixed population via Bayesian linear mixed models

Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Robinson, Matthew R., Moser, Gerhard, Zeng, Jian, Beleza, Sandra, Barsh, Gregory S., Tang, Hua and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Inference on the genetic basis of eye and skin color in an admixed population via Bayesian linear mixed models. Genetics, 206 (2), 1113-1126. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.193383

Quantifying the mapping precision of genome-wide association studies using whole-genome sequencing data

Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2017). Quantifying the mapping precision of genome-wide association studies using whole-genome sequencing data. Genome Biology, 18 (1) 86, 86. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1216-0

Genetic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans

Yang, Jian, Jin, Zi-Bing, Chen, Jie, Huang, Xiu-Feng, Li, Xiao-Man, Liang, Yuan-Bo, Mao, Jian-Yang, Chen, Xin, Zheng, Zhili, Bakshi, Andrew, Zheng, Dong-Dong, Zheng, Mei-Qin, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Lu, Fan and Qu, Jia (2017). Genetic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (16), 4189-4194. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1617042114

Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia

McLaughlin, Russell L., Schijven, Dick, Van Rheenen, Wouter, Van Eijk, Kriste R., O'Brien, Margaret, Kahn, Rene S., Ophoff, Roel A., Goris, An, Bradley, Daniel G., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Van Den Berg, Leonard H., Luykx, Jurjen J., Hardiman, Orla, Veldink, Jan H., Project MinE GWAS Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Catts, Stanley V., Gratten, Jacob, Lee, S. Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Mowry, Bryan J. (2017). Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 14774, 14774. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14774

Genetic stratification to identify risk groups for Alzheimer's disease

Marioni, Riccardo E., Campbell, Archie, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Nagy, Reka, Amador, Carmen, Hayward, Caroline, Porteous, David J., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2017). Genetic stratification to identify risk groups for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 57 (1), 275-283. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161070

The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017)

Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Small, Kerrin, Zhao, Jing, Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Dermitzakis, Manolis, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim, Montgomery, Grant, Esko, Tonu, Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2017). The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017). American Journal of Human Genetics, 100 (2), 371-371. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.01.026

Genetics and educational attainment

Cesarini, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Genetics and educational attainment. npj Science of Learning, 2 (1) 4, 4. doi: 10.1038/s41539-017-0005-6

Risk of psychiatric illness from advanced paternal age is not predominantly from de novo mutations

Gratten, Jacob, Wray, Naomi R., Peyrot, Wouter J., McGrath, John J., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2017). Risk of psychiatric illness from advanced paternal age is not predominantly from de novo mutations. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 72 (2), 96-96. doi: 10.1097/01.OGX.0000512485.13448.C7

Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach

Mendelson, Michael M., Marioni, Riccardo E., Joehanes, Roby, Liu, Chunyu, Hedman, Åsa K., Aslibekyan, Stella, Demerath, Ellen W., Guan, Weihua, Zhi, Degui, Yao, Chen, Huan, Tianxiao, Willinger, Christine, Chen, Brian, Courchesne, Paul, Multhaup, Michael, Irvin, Marguerite R., Cohain, Ariella, Schadt, Eric E., Grove, Megan L., Bressler, Jan, North, Kari, Sundstrom, Johan, Gustafsson, Stefan, Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Redmond, Paul, Corley, Janie ... Deary, Ian J. (2017). Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach. PLoS Medicine, 14 (1) e1002215, e1002215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002215

Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

Robinson, Matthew R., Kleinman, Aaron, Graff, Mariaelisa, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Couper, David, Miller, Michael B., Peyrot, Wouter J., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Zietsch, Brendan P., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, The LifeLines Cohort Study, Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) consortium, Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Iacono, William G., McGue, Matt, North, Kari E., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans. Nature Human Behaviour, 1 (1) 0016, 0016. doi: 10.1038/s41562-016-0016

The genetic architecture of gene expression in peripheral blood

Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Small, Kerrin, Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Dermitzakis, Manolis, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim, Montgomery, Grant, Esko, Tonu, Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2017). The genetic architecture of gene expression in peripheral blood. American Journal of Human Genetics, 100 (2), 228-237. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.12.008

Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

Marshall, Christian R., Howrigan, Daniel P., Merico, Daniele, Thiruvahindrapuram, Bhooma, Wu, Wenting, Greer, Douglas S., Antaki, Danny, Shetty, Aniket, Holmans, Peter A., Pinto, Dalila, Gujral, Madhusudan, Brandler, William M., Malhotra, Dheeraj, Wang, Zhouzhi, Fuentes Fajarado, Karin V., Maile, Michelle S., Ripke, Stephan, Agartz, Ingrid, Albus, Margot, Alexander, Madeline, Amin, Farooq, Atkins, Joshua, Bacanu, Silviu A., Belliveau, Richard A., Jr., Bergen, Sarah E., Bertalan, Marcelo, Bevilacqua, Elizabeth, Bigdeli, Tim B., Black, Donald W. ... Sebat, Jonathan (2017). Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects. Nature Genetics, 49 (1), 27-35. doi: 10.1038/ng.3725

DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

Ligthart, Symen, Marzi, Carola, Aslibekyan, Stella, Mendelson, Michael M., Conneely, Karen N., Tanaka, Toshiko, Colicino, Elena, Waite, Lindsay L., Joehanes, Roby, Guan, Weihua, Brody, Jennifer A., Elks, Cathy, Marioni, Riccardo, Jhun, Min A., Agha, Golareh, Bressler, Jan, Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Chen, Brian H., Huan, Tianxiao, Bakulski, Kelly, Salfati, Elias L., Fiorito, Giovanni, Wahl, Simone, Schramm, Katharina, Sha, Jin, Hernandez, Dena G., Just, Allan C., Smith, Jennifer A., Sotoodehnia, Nona ... Dehghan, Abbas (2016). DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 255, 255-255. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1119-5

Autosomal genetic control of human gene expression does not differ across the sexes

Kassam, Irfahan, Lloyd-Jones, Luke, Holloway, Alexander, Small, Kerrin S., Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim D., Esko, Tonu, Montgomery, Grant W., Powell, Joseph E., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2016). Autosomal genetic control of human gene expression does not differ across the sexes. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 248, 248.1-248.10. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1111-0

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

Liu, C., Marioni, R. E., Hedman, K., Pfeiffer, L., Tsai, P. -C., Reynolds, L. M., Just, A. C., Duan, Q., Boer, C. G., Tanaka, T., Elks, C. E., Aslibekyan, S., Brody, J. A., Kuhnel, B., Herder, C., Almli, L. M., Zhi, D., Wang, Y., Huan, T., Yao, C., Mendelson, M. M., Joehanes, R., Liang, L., Love, S. -A., Guan, W., Shah, S., McRae, A. F., Kretschmer, A., Prokisch, H. ... Levy, D. (2016). A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (2), 422-433. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.192

Endometriosis risk alleles at 1p36.12 act through inverse regulation of CDC42 and LINC00339

Powell, Joseph E., Fung, Jenny N., Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Sapkota, Yadav, Cloonan, Nicole, Hemani, Gibran, Hillman, Kristine M., Kaufmann, Susanne, Luong, Hien T., Bowdler, Lisa, Painter, Jodie N., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Visscher, Peter M., Dinger, Marcel E., Healey, Martin, Nyholt, Dale R., French, Juliet D., Edwards, Stacey L., Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2016). Endometriosis risk alleles at 1p36.12 act through inverse regulation of CDC42 and LINC00339. Human Molecular Genetics, 25 (22), 5046-5058. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw320

Lack of direct evidence for natural selection at the candidate thrifty gene locus, PPARGC1A

Cadzow, Murray, Merriman, Tony R., Boocock, James, Dalbeth, Nicola, Stamp, Lisa K., Black, Michael A., Visscher, Peter M. and Wilcox, Phillip L. (2016). Lack of direct evidence for natural selection at the candidate thrifty gene locus, PPARGC1A. BMC Medical Genetics, 17 (1) 80, 80. doi: 10.1186/s12881-016-0341-z

Leveraging genetically simple traits to identify small-effect variants for complex phenotypes

Kemper, K. E., Littlejohn, M. D., Lopdell, T., Hayes, B. J., Bennett, L. E., Williams, R. P., Xu, X. Q., Visscher, P. M., Carrick, M. J. and Goddard, M. E. (2016). Leveraging genetically simple traits to identify small-effect variants for complex phenotypes. BMC Genomics, 17 (1) 858, 858. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3175-3

No reliable association between runs of homozygosity and schizophrenia in a well-powered replication study

Johnson, Emma C., Bjelland, Douglas W., Howrigan, Daniel P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Breen, Gerome, Borglum, Anders, Cichon, Sven, Degenhardt, Franziska, Forstner, Andreas J., Frank, Josef, Genovese, Giulio, Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie, Herms, Stefan, Hoffman, Per, Maier, Wolfgang, Mattheisen, Manuel, Morris, Derek, Mowry, Bryan, Muller-Mhysok, Betram, Neale, Benjamin, Nenadic, Igor, Nothen, Markus M., O'Dushlaine, Colm, Rietschel, Marcella, Ruderfer, Douglas M., Rujescu, Dan, Schulze, Thomas G., Simonson, Matthew A., Stahl, Eli ... Keller, Matthew C. (2016). No reliable association between runs of homozygosity and schizophrenia in a well-powered replication study. PLoS Genetics, 12 (10) e1006343, e1006343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006343

Evidence for mitochondrial genetic control of autosomal gene expression

Kassam, Irfahan, Qi, Tuan, Lloyd-Jones, Luke, Holloway, Alexander, Bonder, Marc Jan, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Powell, Joseph E., Franke, Lude, Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2016). Evidence for mitochondrial genetic control of autosomal gene expression. Human Molecular Genetics, 25 (24), 5332-5338. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw347

Assessing the genetic overlap between BMI and cognitive function

Marioni, R. E., Yang, J., Dykiert, D., Mottus, R., Campbell, A., Davies, G., Hayward, C., Porteous, D. J., Visscher, P. M. and Deary, I. J. (2016). Assessing the genetic overlap between BMI and cognitive function. Molecular Psychiatry, 21 (10), 1477-1482. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.205

Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking

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52 genetic loci influencing myocardial mass

van der Harst, Pim, van Setten, Jessica, Verweij, Niek, Vogler, Georg, Franke, Lude, Maurano, Matthew T., Wang, Xinchen, Mateo Leach, Irene, Eijgelsheim, Mark, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Hayward, Caroline, Sorice, Rossella, Meirelles, Osorio, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Polasek, Ozren, Tanaka, Toshiko, Arking, Dan E., Ulivi, Sheila, Trompet, Stella, Muller-Nurasyid, Martina, Smith, Albert V., Dorr, Marcus, Kerr, Kathleen F., Magnani, Jared W., Del Greco, Fabiola, Zhang, Weihua, Nolte, Ilja M., Silva, Claudia T., Padmanabhan, Sandosh ... de Bakker, Paul I. W. (2016). 52 genetic loci influencing myocardial mass. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 68 (13), 1435-1448. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.07.729

Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits

Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Hill, W. David, Mcrae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2016). Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 32894, 32894. doi: 10.1038/srep32894

Concepts and misconceptions about the polygenic additive model applied to disease

Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2016). Concepts and misconceptions about the polygenic additive model applied to disease. Human Heredity, 80 (4), 165-170. doi: 10.1159/000446931

Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

van Rheenen, Wouter, Shatunov, Aleksey, Dekker, Annelot M., McLaughlin, Russell L., Diekstra, Frank P., Pulit, Sara L., van der Spek, Rick A. A., Vosa, Urmo, de Jong, Simone, Robinson, Matthew R., Yang, Jian, Fogh, Isabella, van Doormaal, Perry T. C., Tazelaar, Gijs H. P., Koppers, Max, Blokhuis, Anna M., Sproviero, William, Jones, Ashley R., Kenna, Kevin P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Harschnitz, Oliver, Schellevis, Raymond D., Brands, William J., Medic, Jelena, Menelaou, Androniki, Vajda, Alice, Ticozzi, Nicola, Lin, Kuang, Rogelj, Boris ... Veldink, Jan H. (2016). Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nature Genetics, 48 (9) 611, 1043-1048. doi: 10.1038/ng.3622

Across-cohort QC analyses of GWAS summary statistics from complex traits

Chen, Guo-Bo, Lee, Sang Hong, Robinson, Matthew R., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Zhu, Zhi-Xiang, Winkler, Thomas W., Day, Felix R., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Wood, Andrew R., Locke, Adam E., Kutalik, Zoltán, Loos, Ruth J. F., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2016). Across-cohort QC analyses of GWAS summary statistics from complex traits. European Journal of Human Genetics, 25 (1), 137-146. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.106

GCTA-GREML accounts for linkage disequilibrium when estimating genetic variance from genome-wide SNPs

Yang, Jian, Lee, S. Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2016). GCTA-GREML accounts for linkage disequilibrium when estimating genetic variance from genome-wide SNPs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (32), E4579-E4580. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1602743113

A plethora of pleiotropy across complex traits

Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2016). A plethora of pleiotropy across complex traits. Nature Genetics, 48 (7), 707-708. doi: 10.1038/ng.3604

Genetic pleiotropy in complex traits and diseases: implications for genomic medicine

Gratten, Jacob and Visscher, Peter M. (2016). Genetic pleiotropy in complex traits and diseases: implications for genomic medicine. Genome Medicine, 8 (78) 78, 1-3. doi: 10.1186/s13073-016-0332-x

A stroke of insight from genetics

Visscher, Peter M. and Veldink, Jan H. (2016). A stroke of insight from genetics. Lancet Neurology, 15 (7), 653-654. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30028-X

Risk of psychiatric illness from advanced paternal age is not predominantly from de novo mutations

Gratten, Jacob, Wray, Naomi R., Peyrot, Wouter J., McGrath, John J., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2016). Risk of psychiatric illness from advanced paternal age is not predominantly from de novo mutations. Nature Genetics, 48 (7), 718-+. doi: 10.1038/ng.3577

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Evidence for genetic overlap between schizophrenia and age at first birth in women

Mehta, Divya, Tropf, Felix C., Gratten, Jacob, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Hemani, Gibran, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Barban, Nicola, Esko, Tonu, Metspalu, Andres, Snieder, Harold, Mowry, Bryan J., Kendler, Kenneth S., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M., McGrath, John J., Mills, Melinda C., Wray, Naomi R. and Lee, S. Hong (2016). Evidence for genetic overlap between schizophrenia and age at first birth in women. Jama Psychiatry, 73 (5), 497-505. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0129

Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets

Zhu, Zhihong, Zhang, Futao, Hu, Han, Bakshi, Andrew, Robinson, Matthew R., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery,Grant W., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2016). Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets. Nature Genetics, 48 (5), 481-487. doi: 10.1038/ng.3538

Corrigendum: The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality [Int J Epidemiol., 45, 2, (424-432)(2016)] DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw041

Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., von Zglinicki, Thomas, Martin-Ruiz, Carmen, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2016). Corrigendum: The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality [Int J Epidemiol., 45, 2, (424-432)(2016)] DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw041. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (1) dyx217, 356-356. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx233

The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality

Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., von Zglinicki, Thomas, Martin-Ruiz, Carmen, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2016). The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45 (2), 424-432. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw041

Shared genetic control of expression and methylation in peripheral blood

Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Powell, Joseph E., Hemani, Gibran, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W. and McRae, Allan F. (2016). Shared genetic control of expression and methylation in peripheral blood. BMC Genomics, 17 (1) 278, 278. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2498-4

Authors' response to Kaufman and Muntaner

Arden, Rosalind, Luciano, Michelle, Deary, Ian J., Reynolds, Chandra A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Plassman, Brenda L., McGue, Matt, Christensen, Kaare and Visscher, Peter M. (2016). Authors' response to Kaufman and Muntaner. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45 (2) dyw020, 578-579. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw020

Human complex trait genetics in the 21st century

Visscher, Peter M. (2016). Human complex trait genetics in the 21st century. Genetics, 202 (2), 377-379. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.180513

Leveraging genomic annotations and pleiotropic enrichment for improved replication rates in schizophrenia GWAS

Wang, Yunpeng, Thompson, Wesley K., Schork, Andrew J., Holland, Dominic, Chen, Chi-Hua, Bettella, Francesco, Desikan, Rahul S., Li, Wen, Witoelar, Aree, Zuber, Verena, Devor, Anna, Noethen, Markus M., Rietschel, Marcella, Chen, Qiang, Werge, Thomas, Cichon, Sven, Weinberger, Daniel R., Djurovic, Srdjan, O'Donovan, Michael, Visscher, Peter M., Andreassen, Ole A. and Dale, Anders M. (2016). Leveraging genomic annotations and pleiotropic enrichment for improved replication rates in schizophrenia GWAS. Plos Genetics, 12 (1) e1005803, e1005803. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005803

DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

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Genes influence the amplitude and timing of brain hemodynamic responses

Shan, Zuyao Y., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Thompson, Paul M., McMahon, Katie L., Blokland, Gabriella A.M., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Calhoun, Vince, Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M., Wright, Margaret J. and Reutens, David C. (2016). Genes influence the amplitude and timing of brain hemodynamic responses. NeuroImage, 124 (Part A), 663-671. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.016

Contrasting genetic architectures of schizophrenia and other complex diseases using fast variance-components analysis

Loh, Po-Ru, Bhatia, Gaurav, Gusev, Alexander, Finucane, Hilary K., Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan K., Pollack, Samuela J., de Candia, Teresa R., Lee, Sang Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Kendler, Kenneth S., O'Donovan, Michael C., Neale, Benjamin M., Patterson, Nick, Price, Alkes L., Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Visscher, Peter M. and Mowry, Bryan J. (2015). Contrasting genetic architectures of schizophrenia and other complex diseases using fast variance-components analysis. Nature Genetics, 47 (12), 1385-1392. doi: 10.1038/ng.3431

Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index

Yang, Jian, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Hemani, Gibran, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Study, Lifelines Cohort, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Maegi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hamsten, Anders, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (25), 7445-7449. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv443

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

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Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni J., Yang, Jian, Finucane, Hilary K., Gusev, Alexander, Lindstrom, Sara, Ripke, Stephan, Genovese, Giulio, Loh, Po-Ru, Bhatia, Gaurav, Do, Ron, Hayeck, Tristan, Won, Hong-Hee, Kathiresan, Sekar, Pato, Michele, Pato, Carlos, Tamimi, Rulla, Stahl, Eli, Zaitlen, Noah, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Belbin, Gillian, Kenny, Eimear E., Schierup, Mikkel H., De Jager, Philip, Patsopouos, Nikolaos A., Mc Carroll, Steve, Daly, Mark, Purce, Shaun, Chasman, Daniel, Neale, Benjamin ... Price, Alkes L. (2015). Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97 (4), 576-592. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.09.001

The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

The UK10K Consortium, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease. Nature, 526 (7571), 82-89. doi: 10.1038/nature14962

Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability

Howrigan, D.P., Simonson, M.A., Davies, G., Harris, S.E., Tenesa, A., Starr, J.M., Liewald, D.C., Deary, I.J., McRae, A., Wright, M.J., Montgomery, G.W., Hansell, N., Martin, N.G., Payton, A., Horan, M., Ollier, W.E., Abdellaoui, A., Boomsma, D.I., DeRosse, P., Knowles, E.E.M., Glahn, D.C., Djurovic, S., Melle, I., Andreassen, O.A., Christoforou, A., Steen, V.M., Hellard, S.L., Sundet, K., Reinvang, I. ... Keller, M.C. (2015). Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability. Molecular Psychiatry, 21 (6), 837-843. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.120

Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

Huang, Jie, Howie, Bryan, McCarthy, Shane, Memari, Yasin, Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L., Danecek, Petr, Malerba, Giovanni, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Gambaro, Giovanni, Richards, J. Brent, Durbin, Richard, Timpson, Nicholas J., Marchini, Jonathan, Soranzo, Nicole, UK10K Consortium, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8111, 8111.1-8111.9. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9111

Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe

Robinson, Matthew R., Hemani, Gibran, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Esko, Tonu, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Powell, Joseph E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Justice, Anne E., Kahali, Bratati, Locke, Adam E., Pers, Tune H., Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., van Rheenen, Wouter, Andreassen, Ole A., Gasparini, Paolo, Metspalu, Andres, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Werge, Thomas M., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Chasman, Daniel I., de Geus, Eco J. C., Frayling, Timothy M. ... Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe. Nature Genetics, 47 (11), 1357-1361. doi: 10.1038/ng.3401

Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index

Yang, Jian, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Hemani, Gibran, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Lee, Sang Hong, Robinson, Matthew R., Perry, John R. B., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, The LifeLines Cohort Study, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Maegi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hamsten, Anders, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik, Soranzo, Nicole, Keller, Matthew C., Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index. Nature Genetics, 47 (10), 1114-1120. doi: 10.1038/ng.3390

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Ritchie, Stuart J., Muniz-Terrera, Graciela, Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Taylor, Adele, Murphy, Lee, Starr, John M., Horvath, Steve, Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Deary, Ian J. (2015). The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44 (4), 1388-1396. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu277

The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic

Arden, Rosalind, Luciano, Michelle, Deary, Ian J., Reynolds, Chandra A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Plassman, Brenda L., McGue, Matt, Christensen, Kaare and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45 (1), 178-185. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv112

Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations

Shah, Sonia, Bonder, Marc J., Marioni, Riccardo E., Zhu, Zhihong, McRae, Allan F., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Harris, Sarah E., Liewald, Dave, Henders, Anjali K., Mendelson, Michael M., Liu, Chunyu, Joehanes, Roby, Liang, Liming, Levy, Daniel, Martin, Nicholas G., Starr, John M., Wijmenga, Cisca, Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Montgomery, Grant W., Franke, Luke, Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M. and BIOS Consortium (2015). Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97 (1), 75-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.05.014

Genetic variation links creativity to psychiatric disorders

Keller, Matthew C. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genetic variation links creativity to psychiatric disorders. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (7), 928-929. doi: 10.1038/nn.4047

C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in Chinese sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

He, Ji, Tang, Lu, Benyamin, Beben, Shah, Sonia, Hemani, Gib, Liu, Rong, Ye, Shan, Liu, Xiaolu, Ma, Yan, Zhang, Huagang, Cremin, Katie, Leo, Paul, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Xu, Huji, Brown, Matthew A., Bartlett, Perry F., Mangelsdorf, Marie and Fan, Dongsheng (2015). C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in Chinese sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging, 36 (9), 2660.e1-2660.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.06.002

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Lu, Yi, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Painter, Jodie N., Nyholt, Dale R., Morris, Andrew P., Fasching, Peter A., Hein, Alexander, Burghaus, Stefanie, Beckmann, Matthias W., Lambrechts, Diether, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vergote, Ignace, Vanderstichele, Adriaan, Doherty, Jennifer Anne, Rossing, Mary Anne, Wicklund, Kristine G., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Eilber, Ursula, Rudolph, Anja, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Goodman, Marc T., Bogdanova, Natalia, Doerk, Thilo, Duerst, Matthias, Hillemanns, Peter, Runnebaum, Ingo B., Antonenkova, Natalia, Butzow, Ralf, Leminen, Arto ... Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (20), 5955-5964. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv306

Human fertility, molecular genetics, and natural selection in modern societies

Tropf, Felix C., Stulp, Gert, Barban, Nicola, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Snieder, Harold and Mills, Melinda C. (2015). Human fertility, molecular genetics, and natural selection in modern societies. Plos One, 10 (6) e0126821, 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126821

Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies

Polderman, Tinca J. C., Benyamin, Beben, de Leeuw, Christiaan A, Sullivan, Patrick F., van Bochoven, Arjen, Visscher, Peter M. and Posthuma, Danielle (2015). Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies. Nature Genetics, 47 (7), 702-709. doi: 10.1038/ng.3285

Mixed model with correction for case-control ascertainment increases association power

Hayeck, Tristan J., Zaitlen, Noah A., Loh, Po-Ru, Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni, Pollack, Samuela, Gusev, Alexander, Yang, Jian, Chen, Guo-Bo, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Patterson, Nick and Price, Alkes L. (2015). Mixed model with correction for case-control ascertainment increases association power. American Journal of Human Genetics, 96 (5), 720-730. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.03.004

Simultaneous discovery, estimation and prediction analysis of complex traits using a bayesian mixture model

Moser, Gerhard, Lee, Sang Hong, Hayes, Ben J., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Simultaneous discovery, estimation and prediction analysis of complex traits using a bayesian mixture model. PLoS Genetics, 11 (4) e1004969, 1-22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004969

Quantitative genetics of disease traits

Wray, N. R. and Visscher, P. M. (2015). Quantitative genetics of disease traits. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132 (2), 198-203. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12153

Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis (vol 5, 4926, 2014)

Benyamin, Beben, Esko, Tonu, Ried, Janina S., Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Vermeulen, Sita H., Traglia, Michela, Goegele, Martin, Anderson, Denise, Broer, Linda, Podmore, Clara, Luan, Jianan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Sanna, Serena, van der Meer, Peter, Tanaka, Toshiko, Wang, Fudi, Westra, Harm-Jan, Franke, Lude, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Haelldin, Jonas, Winkelmann, Juliane, Meitinger, Thomas, Thiery, Joachim, Peters, Annette, Waldenberger, Melanie, Rendon, Augusto, Jolley, Jennifer, Sambrook, Jennifer ... Whitfield, John B. (2015). Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis (vol 5, 4926, 2014). Nature Communications, 6 (1) 6542, 1-1. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7542

Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

Taylor, Peter N., Porcu, Eleonora, Chew, Shelby, Campbell, Purdey J., Traglia, Michela, Brown, Suzanne J., Mullin, Benjamin H., Shihab, Hashem A., Min, Josine, Walter, Klaudia, Memari, Yasin, Huang, Jie, Barnes, Michael R., Beilby, John P., Charoen, Pimphen, Danecek, Petr, Dudbridge, Frank, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Greenwood, Celia, Grundberg, Elin, Johnson, Andrew D., Hui, Jennie, Lim, Ee M., McCarthy, Shane, Muddyman, Dawn, Panicker, Vijay, Perry, John R. B., Bell, Jordana T., Yuan, Wei ... Yang, Jian (2015). Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 5681, 5681.1-5681.10. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6681

Genome-wide enrichment analysis between endometriosis and obesity-related traits reveals novel susceptibility loci

Rahmioglu, Nilufer, Macgregor, Stuart, Drong, Alexander W., Hedman, Asa K., Harris, Holly R., Randall, Joshua C., Prokopenko, Inga, Nyholt, Dale R., Morris, Andrew P., Montgomery, Grant W., Missmer, Stacey A., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Zondervan, Krina T., The International Endogene Consortium and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genome-wide enrichment analysis between endometriosis and obesity-related traits reveals novel susceptibility loci. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (4), 1185-1199. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu516

Dominance Genetic Variation Contributes Little to the Missing Heritability for Human Complex Traits

Zhu, Zhihong, Bakshi, Andrew, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Hemani, Gibran, Lee, Sang Hong, Nolte, Ilja M., vanVliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hill, William G., Weir, Bruce S., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). Dominance Genetic Variation Contributes Little to the Missing Heritability for Human Complex Traits. American Journal of Human Genetics, 96 (3), 377-385. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.01.001

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare

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Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

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A general unified framework to assess the sampling variance of heritability estimates using pedigree or marker-based relationships

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New data and an old puzzle: the negative association between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

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The contribution of genetic variants to disease depends on the ruler

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Replicability and robustness of genome-wide-association studies for behavioral traits

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Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

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Genetic and environmental exposures constrain epigenetic drift over the human life course

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Partitioning Heritability of Regulatory and Cell-Type-Specific Variants across 11 Common Diseases

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Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis

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Another explanation for apparent epistasis: reply

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The Effect on Melanoma Risk of Genes Previously Associated With Telomere Length

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Beyond the Single SNP: Emerging Developments in Mendelian Randomization in the “Omics” Era

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Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method

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Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method (vol 111, pg 13790, 2014)

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A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans

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Motor neuron disease: common genetic variants and the heritability of ALS

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Estimation and partitioning of (co)heritability of inflammatory bowel disease from GWAS and immunochip data

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Erratum: Incorrect Institutional Affiliations of Authors in the Article by Jiang et al (Arthritis Rheumatol (2014))

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Contribution of genetic variation to transgenerational inheritance of DNA methylation

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Explaining additional genetic variation in complex traits

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DNA evidence for strong genetic stability and increasing heritability of intelligence from age 7 to 12

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Advantages and pitfalls in the application of mixed-model association methods

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Childhood intelligence is heritable, highly polygenic and associated with FNBP1L

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Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

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Common genetic variants explain the majority of the correlation between height and intelligence: The generation scotland study

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Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

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Large-scale genomics unveils the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders

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Molecular genetic contributions to socioeconomic status and intelligence

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Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index

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Novel risk loci for rheumatoid arthritis in han chinese and congruence with risk variants in europeans

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Statistical Power to Detect Genetic (Co)Variance of Complex Traits Using SNP Data in Unrelated Samples

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A genome wide survey supports the involvement of large copy number variants in schizophrenia with and without intellectual disability

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Author reply to A commentary on Pitfalls of predicting complex traits from SNPs

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Schizophrenia genetic variants are not associated with intelligence

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Estimation and partition of heritability in human populations using whole-genome analysis methods

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Inference of the Genetic Architecture Underlying BMI and Height with the Use of 20,240 Sibling Pairs

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Response to 'Predicting the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder using gene pathway analysis'

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A new regulatory variant in the interleukin-6 receptor gene associates with asthma risk

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Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

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What if we had whole-genome sequence data for millions of individuals?

Visscher, Peter and Gibson, Greg (2013). What if we had whole-genome sequence data for millions of individuals?. Genome Medicine, 5 (80) 80, 80.1-80.3. doi: 10.1186/gm484

Additive genetic variation in schizophrenia risk is shared by populations of African and European descent

de Candia, Teresa R., Lee, S. Hong, Yang, Jian, Browning, Brian L., Gejman, Pablo V., Levinson, Douglas F., Mowry, Bryan J., Hewitt, Bryan J., Goddard, Michael E., O'Donovan, Michael C., Purcell, Shaun M., Posthuma, Danielle, The International Schizophrenia Consortium, The Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia Collaboration, Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Keller, Matthew C. (2013). Additive genetic variation in schizophrenia risk is shared by populations of African and European descent. American Journal of Human Genetics, 93 (3), 463-470. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.07.007

Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

Lee, S. Hong, Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Faraone, Stephen V., Purcell, Shaun M., Perlis, Roy H., Mowry, Bryan J., Thapar, Anita, Goddard, Michael E., Witte, John S., Absher, Devin, Agartz, Ingrid, Akil, Huda, Amin, Farooq, Andreassen, Ole A., Anjorin, Adebayo, Anney, Richard, Anttila, Verneri, Arking, Dan E., Asherson, Philip, Azevedo, Maria H., Backlund, Lena, Badner, Judith A., Bailey, Anthony J., Banaschewski, Tobias, Barchas, Jack D., Barnes, Michael R., Barrett, Thomas B., Bass, Nicholas ... Wray, Naomi R. (2013). Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs. Nature Genetics, 45 (9), 984-995. doi: 10.1038/ng.2711

Where GWAS and epidemiology meet: opportunities for the simultaneous study of genetic and environmental risk factors in schizophrenia

McGrath, John J., Mortensen, Preben Bo, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2013). Where GWAS and epidemiology meet: opportunities for the simultaneous study of genetic and environmental risk factors in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39 (5), 955-959. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbt108

Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics

Hu, Yi-Juan, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Ganna, Andrea, Hirschhorn, Joel, North, Kari E., Ingelsson, Erik, Lin, Dan-Yu, Collins, Francis S., Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Ma¨gi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, To˜nu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian’an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W. ... Ingelsson, Erik (2013). Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics. American Journal of Human Genetics, 93 (2), 236-248. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.06.011

Commentary: height and Mendel's theory: the long and the short of it

Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Commentary: height and Mendel's theory: the long and the short of it. International Journal of Epidemiology, 42 (4) dyt069, 944-945. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt069

Introgression and the fate of domesticated genes in a wild mammal population

Feulner, Philine G. D., Gratten, Jacob, Kijas, James W., Visscher, Peter M., Pemberton, Josephine M. and Slate, Jon (2013). Introgression and the fate of domesticated genes in a wild mammal population. Molecular Ecology, 22 (16), 4210-4221. doi: 10.1111/mec.12378

From personalized to public health genomics

Gibson, Greg and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). From personalized to public health genomics. Genome Medicine, 5 (60) 60, 1-2. doi: 10.1186/gm464

DNA evidence for strong genome-wide pleiotropy of cognitive and learning abilities

Trzaskowski, Maciej, Davis, Oliver S. P., DeFries, John C., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Plomin, Robert (2013). DNA evidence for strong genome-wide pleiotropy of cognitive and learning abilities. Behavior Genetics, 43 (4), 267-273. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9594-x

Pitfalls of predicting complex traits from SNPs

Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Hayes, Ben J., Price, Alkes L., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Pitfalls of predicting complex traits from SNPs. Nature Reviews Genetics, 14 (7), 507-515. doi: 10.1038/nrg3457

708 common and 2010 rare DISC1 locus variants identified in 1542 subjects: analysis for association with psychiatric disorder and cognitive traits

Thomson, P. A., Parla, J. S., McRae, A. F., Kramer, M., Ramakrushnan, K., Yao, J., Soares, D. C., McCarthy, S., Morris, S. W., Cardone, L., Cass, S., Ghiban, E., Hennah, W., Evans, K. L., Rebolini, D., Millar, J. K., Harris, S. E., Starr, J. M., MacIntyre, J., Generation Scotland, McIntosh, A. M., Watson, J. D., Deary, I. J., Visscher, P. M., Blackwood, D. H., McCombie, W. R. and Porteous, D. J. (2013). 708 common and 2010 rare DISC1 locus variants identified in 1542 subjects: analysis for association with psychiatric disorder and cognitive traits. Molecular Psychiatry, Advance online publication (6), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.68

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Medland, Sarah E., Derringer, Jaime, Yang, Jian, Esko, Tonu, Martin, Nicolas W., Westra, Harm-Jan, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agrawal, Arpana, Albrecht, Eva, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bamard, John, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Benke, Kelly S., Bielak, Lawrence F., Boatman, Jeffrey A., Boyle, Patricia A., Davies, Gail, De Leeuw, Christiaan, Eklund, Niina, Evans, Daniel S., Ferhmann, Rudolf, Fischer, Krista, Gieger, Christian, Gjessing, Hakon K., Haegg, Sara, Harris, Jennifer R. ... Koellinger, Philipp D. (2013). GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science, 340 (6139), 1467-1471. doi: 10.1126/science.1235488

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

den Hoed, Marcel, Eijgelsheim, Mark, Esko, Tonu, Brundel, Bianca J. J. M., Peal, David S., Evans, David M., Nolte, Ilja M., Segre, Ayellet V., Holm, Hilma, Handsaker, Robert E., Westra, Harm-Jan, Johnson, Toby, Isaacs, Aaron, Yang, Jian, Lundby, Alicia, Zhao, Jing Hua, Kim, Young Jin, Go, Min Jin, Almgren, Peter, Bochud, Murielle, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Hadley, David, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, den Heijer, Martin, Igl, Wilmar, Jackson, Anne U. ... Loos, Ruth J. F. (2013). Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nature Genetics, 45 (6), 621-634. doi: 10.1038/ng.2610

Large sample size, wide variant spectrum, and advanced machine-learning technique boost risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease

Wei, Zhi, Wang, Wei, Bradfield, Jonathan, Li, Jin, Cardinale, Christopher, Frackelton, Edward, Kim, Cecilia, Mentch, Frank, Van Steen, Kristel, Visscher, Peter M., Baldassano, Robert N., Hakonarson, Hakon and International IBD Genetics Consortium (2013). Large sample size, wide variant spectrum, and advanced machine-learning technique boost risk prediction for inflammatory bowel disease. American Journal of Human Genetics, 92 (6), 1008-1012. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.05.002

Congruence of additive and non-additive effects on gene expression estimated from pedigree and SNP data

Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Kim, Jinhee, Hemani, Gibran, Martin, Nicholas G., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Gibson, Greg, Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Congruence of additive and non-additive effects on gene expression estimated from pedigree and SNP data. PLoS Genetics, 9 (5) e1003502, e1003502.1-e1003502.10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003502

Correction: Maintenance of variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding (vol 66, pg 3238, 2012)

Verweij, K. J. H., Yang, J., Lahti, J., Veijola, J., Hintsanen, M., Pulkki-Raback, L., Heinonen, K., Pouta, A., Pesonen, A. -K., Widen, E., Taanila, A., Isohanni, M., Miettunen, J., Palotie, A., Penke, L., Service, S. K., Heath, A. C., Montgomery, G. W., Raitakari, O., Kaehoenen, M., Viikari, J., Raeikkoenen, K., Eriksson, J. G., Keltikangas-Jaervinen, L., Lehtimaeki, T., Martin, N. G., Jaervelin, M. -R., Visscher, P. M., Keller, M. C. and Zietsch, B. P. (2013). Correction: Maintenance of variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding (vol 66, pg 3238, 2012). Evolution, 67 (5), 1537-1537. doi: 10.1111/evo.12095

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar ... Ingelsson, Erik (2013). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nature Genetics, 45 (5), 501-U69. doi: 10.1038/ng.2606

Polygenic risk for schizophrenia is associated with cognitive change between childhood and old age

McIntosh, Andrew M., Gow, Alan, Luciano, Michelle, Davies, Gail, Liewald, David C., Harris, Sarah E., Corley, Janie, Hall, Jeremy, Starr, John M., Porteous, David J., Tenesa, Albert, Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2013). Polygenic risk for schizophrenia is associated with cognitive change between childhood and old age. Biological Psychiatry, 73 (10), 938-943. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.011

All SNPs are not created equal: genome-wide association studies reveal a consistent pattern of enrichment among functionally annotated SNPs

Schork, Andrew J., Thompson, Wesley K., Pham, Phillip, Torkamani, Ali, Roddey, J. Cooper, Sullivan, Patrick F., Kelsoe, John R., O'Donovan, Michael C., Furberg, Helena, The Tobacco and Genetics Consortium, The Bipolar Disorder Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, The Schizophrenia Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schork, Nicholas J., Andreassen, Ole A., Dale, Anders M., McGrath, John J., Mowry, Bryan and Visscher, Peter (2013). All SNPs are not created equal: genome-wide association studies reveal a consistent pattern of enrichment among functionally annotated SNPs. PloS Genetics, 9 (4), e1003449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003449

Interpreting the role of de novo protein-coding mutations in neuropsychiatric disease

Gratten, Jacob, Visscher, Peter M., Mowry, Bryan J. and Wray, Naomi R. (2013). Interpreting the role of de novo protein-coding mutations in neuropsychiatric disease. Nature Genetics, 45 (3), 234-238. doi: 10.1038/ng.2555

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

Vimaleswaran, Karani S., Berry, Diane J., Lu, Chen, Tikkanen, Emmi, Pilz, Stefan, Hiraki, Linda T., Cooper, Jason D., Dastani, Zari, Li, Rui, Houston, Denise K., Wood, Andrew R., Michaëlsson, Karl, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Zgaga, Lina, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., McCarthy, Mark I., Dupuis, Josée, Kaakinen, Marika, Kleber, Marcus E., Jameson, Karen, Arden, Nigel, Raitakari, Olli, Viikari, Jorma, Lohman, Kurt K., Ferrucci, Luigi, Melhus, Håkan, Ingelsson, Erik, Byberg, Liisa, Lind, Lars ... Hirschhorn, J. N. (2013). Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts. PLoS Medicine, 10 (2) e1001383, e1001383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383

Estimation and partitioning of polygenic variation captured by common SNPs for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and endometriosis

Lee, S. Hong, Harold, Denise, Nyholt, Dale R., ANZGene Consortium, International Endogene Consortium, Genetic and Environmental Risk for Alzheimer’s disease (GERAD1) Consortium, Goddard, Michael E., Zondervan, Krina T., Williams, Julie, Montgomery, Grant W., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Estimation and partitioning of polygenic variation captured by common SNPs for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and endometriosis. Human Molecular Genetics, 22 (4) dds491, 832-841. doi: 10.1093/hmg/dds491

Calculating statistical power in Mendelian randomization studies

Brion, Marie-Jo A., Shakhbazov, Konstantin and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Calculating statistical power in Mendelian randomization studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 42 (5) dyt179, 1497-1501. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt179

Estimation of SNP heritability from dense genotype data

Lee, S. Hong, Yang, Jian, Chen, Guo-Bo, Ripke, Stephan, Stahl, Eli A., Hultman, Christina M., Sklar, Pamela, Visscher, Peter M., Sullivan, Patrick F., Goddard, Michael E. and Wray, Naomi (2013). Estimation of SNP heritability from dense genotype data. American Journal Of Human Genetics, 93 (6), 1151-1155. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.10.015

Genetic and nongenetic variation revealed for the principal components of human gene expression

Goldinger, Anita, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Martin, Nicholas G., Gibson, Greg, Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2013). Genetic and nongenetic variation revealed for the principal components of human gene expression. Genetics, 195 (3), 1117-1128. doi: 10.1534/genetics.113.153221

Ribosomal protein S6 mRNA is a biomarker upregulated in multiple sclerosis, downregulated by interferon treatment, and affected by season

Parnell, Grant P., Gatt, Prudence N., McKay, Fiona C., Schibeci, Stephen, Krupa, Malgorzata, Powell, Joseph E., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Lechner-Scott, Jeannette, Broadley, Simon, Liddle, Christopher, Slee, Mark, Vucic, Steve, Stewart, Graeme J. and Booth, David R. (2013). Ribosomal protein S6 mRNA is a biomarker upregulated in multiple sclerosis, downregulated by interferon treatment, and affected by season. Multiple Sclerosis, 20 (6), 675-685. doi: 10.1177/1352458513507819

A genome-wide association study implicates the APOE locus in nonpathological cognitive ageing

Davies, G., Harris, S. E., Reynolds, C. A., Payton, A., Knight, H. M., Liewald, D. C., Lopez, L. M., Luciano, M., Gow, A. J., Corley, J., Henderson, R., Murray, C., Pattie, A., Fox, H. C., Redmond, P., Lutz, M. W., Chiba-Falek, O., Linnertz, C., Saith, S., Haggarty, P., McNeill, G., Ke, X., Ollier, W., Horan, M., Roses, A. D., Ponting, C. P., Porteous, D. J., Tenesa, A., Pickles, A. ... Deary, I. J. (2012). A genome-wide association study implicates the APOE locus in nonpathological cognitive ageing. Molecular Psychiatry, 19 (1), 76-87. doi: 10.1038/mp.2012.159

Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell

van der Harst, Pim, Zhang, Weihua, Leach, Irene Mateo, Rendon, Augusto, Verweij, Niek, Sehmi, Joban, Paul, Dirk S., Elling, Ulrich, Allayee, Hooman, Li, Xinzhong, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Voss, Katrin, Weichenberger, Christian X., Albers, Cornelis A., Al-Hussani, Abtehale, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Ciullo, Marina, Danjou, Fabrice, Dina, Christian, Esko, Tonu, Evans, David M., Franke, Lude, Goegele, Martin, Hartiala, Jaana, Hersch, Micha, Holm, Hilma, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Kanoni, Stavroula ... Chambers, John C. (2012). Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell. Nature, 492 (7429), 369-375. doi: 10.1038/nature11677

Reclassify controls at your own risk

Witte, John S. and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). Reclassify controls at your own risk. Epidemiology, 23 (6), 910-911. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31826cc118

A genome-wide association study of monozygotic twin-pairs suggests a locus related to variability of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Surakka, Ida, Whitfield, John B., Perola, Markus, Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Falchi, Mario, Willemsen, Gonneke, de Geus, Eco J. C., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Christensen, Kaare, Sorensen, Thorild I. A., Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Rantanen, Taina, Silander, Kaisa, Widen, Elisabeth, Muilu, Juhu, Rahman, Iffat, Liljedahl, Ulrika, Syvanen, Ann-Christine, Palotie, Aarno, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kyvik, Kirsten O., Pedersen, Nancy L., Boomsma, Dorret I., Spector, Tim, Martin, Nicolas G., Ripatti, Samuli and Peltonen, Leena (2012). A genome-wide association study of monozygotic twin-pairs suggests a locus related to variability of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15 (6), 691-699. doi: 10.1017/thg.2012.63

Estimation of pleiotropy between complex diseases using single-nucleotide polymorphism-derived genomic relationships and restricted maximum likelihood

Lee, S. H., Yang, J., Goddard, M. E., Visscher, P. M. and Wray, N. R. (2012). Estimation of pleiotropy between complex diseases using single-nucleotide polymorphism-derived genomic relationships and restricted maximum likelihood. Bioinformatics, 28 (19) bts474, 2540-2542. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts474

Functional gene group analysis identifies synaptic gene groups as risk factor for schizophrenia

Lips, E. S., Cornelisse, L. N., Toonen, R. F., Min, J. L., Hultman, C. M., International Schizophrenia Consortium, Holmans, P. A., O'Donovan, M. C., Purcell, S. M., Smit, A. B., Verhage, M., Sullivan, P. F., Visscher, P. M. and Posthuma, D. (2012). Functional gene group analysis identifies synaptic gene groups as risk factor for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 17 (10), 996-1006. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.117

Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding

Verweij, Karin J. H., Yang, Jian, Lahti, Jari, Veijola, Juha, Hintsanen, Mirka, Pulkki-Raback, Laura, Heinonen, Kati, Pouta, Anneli, Pesonen, Anu-Katriina, Widen, Elisabeth, Taanila, Anja, Isohanni, Matti, Miettunen, Jouko, Palotie, Aarno, Penke, Lars, Service, Susan K., Heath, Andrew C., Montgomery, Grant W., Raitakari, Olli, Kahonen, Mika, Viikari, Jorma, Raikkonen, Katri, Eriksson, Johan G., Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Liisa, Lehtimaki, Terho, Martin, Nicholas G., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Visscher, Peter M., Keller, Matthew C. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2012). Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding. Evolution, 66 (10), 3238-3251. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01679.x

FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

Yang, Jian, Loos, Ruth J., Powell, Joseph E., Medland, Sarah E, Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Chasman, Daniel I., Rose, Lynda M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Magi, Reedik, Waite, Lindsay, Vernon Smith, Albert, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Monda, Keri L., Hadley, David, Mahajan, Anubha, Li, Guo, Kapur, Karen, Vitart, Veronique, Huffman, Jennifer E., Wang, Sophie R., Palmer, Cameron, Esko, To˜nu, Fischer, Krista, Hua Zhao, Jing, Demirkan, Ayse, Isaacs, Aaron, Feitosa, Mary F., Luan, Jian’an ... Visscher, Peter (2012). FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index. Nature, 490 (7419), 267-272. doi: 10.1038/nature11401

Multivariate genetic analyses of cognition and academic achievement from two population samples of 174,000 and 166,000 school children

Calvin, Catherine M., Deary, Ian J., Webbink, Dinand, Smith, Pauline, Fernandes, Cres, Lee, Sang Hong, Luciano, Michelle and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). Multivariate genetic analyses of cognition and academic achievement from two population samples of 174,000 and 166,000 school children. Behavior Genetics, 42 (5), 699-710. doi: 10.1007/s10519-012-9549-7

Comparing linkage and association analyses in sheep points to a better way of doing GWAS

Kemper, Kathryn E., Daetwyler, Hans D., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2012). Comparing linkage and association analyses in sheep points to a better way of doing GWAS. Genetics Research, 94 (4), 191-203. doi: 10.1017/S0016672312000365

Neonatal DNA methylation profile in human twins is specified by a complex interplay between intrauterine environmental and genetic factors, subject to tissue-specific influence

Gordon, Lavinia, Joo, Jihoon E., Powell, Joseph E., Ollikainen, Miina, Novakovic, Boris, Li, Xin, Andronikos, Roberta, Cruickshank, Mark N., Conneely, Karen N., Smith, Alicia K., Alisch, Reid S., Morley, Ruth, Visscher, Peter M., Craig, Jeffrey M. and Saffery, Richard (2012). Neonatal DNA methylation profile in human twins is specified by a complex interplay between intrauterine environmental and genetic factors, subject to tissue-specific influence. Genome Research, 22 (8), 1395-1406. doi: 10.1101/gr.136598.111

Genetic Associations for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time and Prothrombin Time, their Gene Expression Profiles, and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

Tang, Weihong, Schwienbacher, Christine, Lopez, Lorna M., Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Oudot-Mellakh, Tiphaine, Johnson, Andrew D., Samani, Nilesh J., Basu, Saonli, Goegele, Martin, Davies, Gail, Lowe, Gordon D. O., Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tan, Adrian, Pankow, James S., Tenesa, Albert, Levy, Daniel, Volpato, Claudia B., Rumley, Ann, Gow, Alan J., Minelli, Cosetta, Yarnell, John W. G., Porteous, David J., Starr, John M., Gallacher, John, Boerwinkle, Eric, Visscher, Peter M., Pramstaller, Peter P., Cushman, Mary, Emilsson, Valur ... Folsom, Aaron R. (2012). Genetic Associations for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time and Prothrombin Time, their Gene Expression Profiles, and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease. American Journal of Human Genetics, 91 (1), 152-162. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.05.009

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

McQuillan, Ruth, Eklund, Niina, Pirastu, Nicola, Kuningas, Maris, McEvoy, Brian P., Esko, Tonu, Corre, Tanguy, Davies, Gail, Kaakinen, Marika, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Kristiansson, Kati, Havulinna, Aki S., Gogele, Martin, Vitart, Veronique, Tenesa, Albert, Aulchenko, Yurii, Hayward, Caroline, Johansson, Asa, Boban, Mladen, Ulivi, Sheila, Robino, Antonietta, Boraska, Vesna, Igl, Wilmar, Wild, Sarah H., Zgaga, Lina, Amin, Najaf, Theodoratou, Evropi, Polasek, Ozren, Girotto, Giorgia ... Wilson, James F. (2012). Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height. Plos Genetics, 8 (7) e1002655, e1002655. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002655

Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs (vol 44, pg 247, 2012)

Lee, S. Hong, DeCandia, Teresa R., Ripke, Stephan, Yang, Jian, Sullivan, Patrick F., Goddard, Michael E., Keller, Matthew C., Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2012). Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs (vol 44, pg 247, 2012). Nature Genetics, 44 (7), 831-831. doi: 10.1038/ng0712-831a

Common SNPs explain some of the variation in the personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion (vol 2, e125, 2012)

Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E., Pedersen, N. L., Yang, J., Lee, S. H., Magnusson, P. K. E., Iacono, W. G., McGue, M., Madden, P. A. F., Heath, A. C., Luciano, M., Payton, A., Horan, M., Ollier, W., Pendleton, N., Deary, I. J., Montgomery, G. W., Martin, N. G., Visscher, P. M. and Wray, N. R. (2012). Common SNPs explain some of the variation in the personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion (vol 2, e125, 2012). Translational Psychiatry, 2 (5) e125, e125-e125. doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.49

The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences

Benjamin, Daniel J., Cesarini, David, van der Loos, Matthijs, Dawes, Christopher T., Koellinger, Philipp d., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Chabris, Christopher F., Conley, Dalton, Laibson, David, Johannesson, Magnus and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (21), 8026-8031. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1120666109

Genetic architecture of body size in mammals

Kemper, Kathryn E., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2012). Genetic architecture of body size in mammals. Genome Biology, 13 (4) 244, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-4-244

A better coefficient of determination for genetic profile analysis

Lee, Sang Hong, Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). A better coefficient of determination for genetic profile analysis. Genetic Epidemiology, 36 (3), 214-224. doi: 10.1002/gepi.21614

Common SNPs explain some of the variation in the personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion

Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E., Pedersen, N. L., Yang, J., Lee, S. H., Magnusson, P. K. E., Iacono, W. G., McGue, M., Madden, P. A. F., Heath, A. C., Luciano, M., Payton, A., Horan, M., Ollier, W., Pendleton, N., Deary, I. J., Montgomery, G. W., Martin, N. G., Visscher, P. M. and Wray, N. R. (2012). Common SNPs explain some of the variation in the personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion. Translational Psychiatry, 2 (e102) 201227, e102-e102. doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.27

Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits

Yang, Jian, Ferreira, Teresa, Morris, Andrew P., Medland, Sarah E., Madden, Pamela A. F., Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Weedon, Michael N., Loos, Ruth J., Frayling, Timothy M., McCarthy, Mark I., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Genetic Invest ANthropometric Trai and DIAbet Genetics Replication Meta-A (2012). Conditional and joint multiple-SNP analysis of GWAS summary statistics identifies additional variants influencing complex traits. Nature Genetics, 44 (4), 369-375. doi: 10.1038/ng.2213

The Brisbane systems genetics study: genetical genomics meets complex trait genetics

Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Caracella, Anthony, Smith, Sara, Wright, Margaret J., Whitfield, John B., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2012). The Brisbane systems genetics study: genetical genomics meets complex trait genetics. PLoS One, 7 (4) e35430, e35430.1-e35430.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035430

Deleterious GRM1 mutations in schizophrenia

Ayoub, Mohammed Akli, Angelicheva, Dora, Vile, David, Chandler, David, Morar, Bharti, Cavanaugh, Juleen A., Visscher, Peter M., Jablensky, Assen, Pfleger, Kevin D. G. and Kalaydjieva, Luba (2012). Deleterious GRM1 mutations in schizophrenia. PLoS One, 7 (3) e32849, e32849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032849

Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs

Lee, S. Hong, DeCandia, Teresa R., Ripke, Stephan, Yang, Jian, Sullivan, Patrick F ., Goddard, Michael E ., Keller, Matthew C ., Visscher, Peter M ., Wray, Naomi R., Schizophrenia Psychiat Genome-Wide, Int Schizophrenia Consortium ISC, Mol Genetics Schizophrenia and Mowry, Bryan (2012). Estimating the proportion of variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia captured by common SNPs. Nature Genetics, 44 (3), 247-250. doi: 10.1038/ng.1108

Genetic control of gene expression in whole blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines is largely independent

Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). Genetic control of gene expression in whole blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines is largely independent. Genome Research, 22 (3), 456-466. doi: 10.1101/gr.126540.111

A bias-reducing pathway enrichment analysis of genome-wide association data confirmed association of the MHC region with schizophrenia

Jia, Peilin, Wang, Lily, Fanous, Ayman H., Chen, Xiangning, Kendler, Kenneth S., Zhao, Zhongming, Morris, Derek W., O'Dushlaine, Colm T., Kenny, Elaine, Quinn, Emma M., Gill, Michael, Corvin, Aiden, O'Donovan, Michael C., Kirov, George K., Craddock, Nick J., Holmans, Peter A., Williams, Nigel M., Georgieva, Lucy, Nikolov, Ivan, Norton, N., Williams, H., Toncheva, Draga, Milanova, Vihra, Owen, Michael J., Hultman, Christina M., Lichtenstein, Paul, Thelander, Emma F., Sullivan, Patrick, McQuillin, Andrew ... Sklar, Pamela (2012). A bias-reducing pathway enrichment analysis of genome-wide association data confirmed association of the MHC region with schizophrenia. Journal of Medical Genetics, 49 (2), 96-103. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2011-100397

Genetic contributions to stability and change in intelligence from childhood to old age

Deary, Ian J., Yang, Jian, Davies, Gail, Harris, Sarah E., Tenesa, Albert, Liewald, David, Luciano, Michelle, Lopez, Lorna M., Gow, Alan J., Corley, Janie, Redmond, Paul, Fox, Helen C., Rowe, Suzanne J., Haggarty, Paul, McNeill, Gerald, Goddard, Michael E., Porteous, David J., Whalley, Lawrence J., Starr, John M. and Visscher, Peter M. (2012). Genetic contributions to stability and change in intelligence from childhood to old age. Nature, 482 (7384), 212-215. doi: 10.1038/nature10781

Schizophrenia susceptibility alleles are enriched for alleles that affect gene expression in adult human brain

Richards, A. L., Jones, L., Moskvina, V., Kirov, G., Gejman, P. V., Levinson, D. F., Sanders, A. R., Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia Collaboration, International Schizophrenia Consortium (ISC), Purcell, S., Visscher, P. M., Craddock, N., Owen, M. J., O'Donovan, M. C., Holmans, P. and Mowry, B.J. (2012). Schizophrenia susceptibility alleles are enriched for alleles that affect gene expression in adult human brain. Molecular Psychiatry, 17 (2), 193-201. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.11

Evidence-based psychiatric genetics, AKA the false dichotomy between common and rare variant hypotheses

Visscher, Peter, Goddard, M. E., Derks, E. M. and Wray, Naomi (2012). Evidence-based psychiatric genetics, AKA the false dichotomy between common and rare variant hypotheses. Molecular Psychiatry, 17 (5), 474-485. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.65

Five years of GWAS discovery

Visscher, Peter M., Brown, Matthew .A, McCarthy, Mark I. and Yang, Jian (2012). Five years of GWAS discovery. American Journal of Human Genetics, 90 (1), 7-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.11.029

Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

Stolk L., Perry J.R.B., Chasman D.I., He C., Mangino M., Sulem P., Barbalic M., Broer L., Byrne E.M., Ernst F., Esko T., Franceschini N., Gudbjartsson D.F., Hottenga J.-J., Kraft P., McArdle P.F., Porcu E., Shin S.-Y., Smith A.V., Van Wingerden S., Zhai G., Zhuang W.V., Albrecht E., Alizadeh B.Z., Aspelund T., Bandinelli S., Lauc L.B., Beckmann J.S., Boban M. ... Lunetta K.L. (2012). Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nature Genetics, 44 (3), 260-268. doi: 10.1038/ng.1051

New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

Gieger, Christian, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Cvejic, Ana, Tang, Weihong, Porcu, Eleonora, Pistis, Giorgio, Serbanovic-Canic, Jovana, Elling, Ulrich, Goodall, Alison H., Labrune, Yann, Lopez, Lorna M., Magi, Reedik, Meacham, Stuart, Okada, Yukinori, Pirastu, Nicola, Sorice, Rossella, Teumer, Alexander, Voss, Katrin, Zhang, Weihua, Ramirez-Solis, Ramiro, Bis, Joshua C., Ellinghaus, David, Gogele, Martin, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Langenberg, Claudia, Kovacs, Peter, O'Reilly, Paul F., Shin, So-Youn, Esko, Tonu ... Soranzo, Nicole (2011). New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation. Nature, 480 (7376), 201-208. doi: 10.1038/nature10659

GWA study data mining and independent replication identify cardiomyopathy-associated 5 (CMYA5) as a risk gene for schizophrenia

Chen, X., Lee, G., Maher, B. S., Fanous, A. H., Chen, J., Zhao, Z., Guo, A., van den Oord, E., Sullivan, P. F., Shi, J., Levinson, D. F., Gejman, P. V., Sanders, A., Duan, J., Owen, M. J., Craddock, N. J., O'Donovan, M. C., Blackman, J., Lewis, D., Kirov, G. K., Qin, W., Schwab, S., Wildenauer, D., Chowdari, K., Nimgaonkar, V., Straub, R. E., Weinberger, D. R., O'Neill, F. A., Walsh, D. ... Visscher, Peter M. (2011). GWA study data mining and independent replication identify cardiomyopathy-associated 5 (CMYA5) as a risk gene for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 16 (11), 1117-1129. doi: 10.1038/mp.2010.96

GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors

Benyamin, Beben, Middelberg, Rita P., Lind, Penelope A., Valle, Anne M., Gordon, Scott, Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Henders, Anjali K., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Visscher, Peter M., O'Connor, Daniel T., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2011). GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors. Human Molecular Genetics, 20 (22) ddr375, 4504-4514. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr375

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Heid, Iris M., Jackson, Anne U., Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Qi, Lu, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Zillikens, M. Carola, Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Maegi, Reedik, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, White, Charles C., Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Harris, Tamara B., Berndt, Sonja I., Ingelsson, Erik, Willer, Cristen J., Weedon, Michael N., Luan, Jian'an, Vedantam, Sailaja, Esko, Tonu, Kilpelaeinen, Tuomas O., Kutalik, Zoltan, Li, Shengxu, Monda, Keri L., Dixon, Anna L., Holmes, Christopher C., Kaplan, Lee M., Liang, Liming ... Lindgren, Cecilia M. (2011). Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nature Genetics, 43 (11), 1164-1164. doi: 10.1038/ng1111-1164a

Association of variants in MMEL1 and CTLA4 with rheumatoid arthritis in the Han Chinese population

Danoy, Patrick, Wei, Meng, Hadler, Johanna, Jiang, Lei, He, Dongyi, Sun, Linyun, Zeng, Xiaofeng, Visscher, Peter M., Brown, Matthew A. and Xu, Huji (2011). Association of variants in MMEL1 and CTLA4 with rheumatoid arthritis in the Han Chinese population. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 70 (10), 1793-1797. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.144576

Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic

Davies, G., Tenesa, A., Payton, A., Yang, J., Harris, S. E., Liewald, D., Ke, X., Le Hellard, S., Christoforou, A., Luciano, M., McGhee, K., Lopez, L., Gow, A. J., Corley, J., Redmond, P., Fox, H. C., Haggarty, P., Whalley, L. J., McNeill, G., Goddard, M. E., Espeseth, T., Lundervold, A. J., Reinvang, I., Pickles, A., Steen, V. M., Ollier, W., Porteous, D. J., Horan, M., Starr, J. M. ... Deary, I. J. (2011). Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic. Molecular Psychiatry, 16 (10), 996-1005. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.85

Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

Ripke, Stephan, Sanders, Alan R., Kedler, Kenneth S., Levinson, Douglas F., Sklar, Pamela, Holmans, Peter A., Lin, Dan-Yu, Duan, Jubao, Ophoff, Roel A., Andreassen, Ole A., Scolnick, Edward, Cichon, Sven, St. Clair, David, Corvin, Aiden, Gurling, Hugh, Werge, Thomas, Rujescu, Dan, Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Pato, Carlos N., Malhotra, Anil K., Purcell, Shaun, Dudbridge, Frank, Neale, Benjamin M., Rossin, Lizzy, Visscher, Peter M., Posthuma, Danielle, Ruderfer, Douglas M., Fanous, Ayman, Hreinn, Stefansson ... Gejman, Pablo V. (2011). Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci. Nature Genetics, 43 (10), 969-976. doi: 10.1038/ng.940

Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

Ferreira, Manuel A. R., Matheson, Melanie C., Duffy, David L., Marks, Guy B., Hui, Jennie, Le Souef, Peter, Danoy, Patrick, Baltic, Svetlana, Nyholt, Dale R., Jenkins, Mark, Hayden, Catherine, Willemsen, Gonneke, Ang, Wei, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Beilby, John, Cheah, Faang, de Geus, Eco J.C., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Vedantam, Sailaka, Salomaa, Veikko, Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Hopper, John L., Visscher, Peter M., Musk, Bill, Leeder, Stephen R., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Pennell, Craig, Boomsma, Dorret I. ... Wright, Margaret J. (2011). Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma. Lancet, 378 (9795), 1006-1014. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60874-X

Quantification of inbreeding due to distant ancestors and its detection using dense single nucleotide polymorphism data

Keller, Matthew C., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2011). Quantification of inbreeding due to distant ancestors and its detection using dense single nucleotide polymorphism data. Genetics, 189 (1), 237-249. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.130922

Two non-synonymous markers in PTPN21, identified by genome-wide association study data-mining and replication, are associated with schizophrenia

Chen, Jingchun, Lee, Grace, Fanous, Ayman H., Zhao, Zhongming, Jia, Peilin, O'neill, Anthony, Walsh, Dermot, Kendler, Kenneth S., Chen, Xiangning, O’Donovan, Michael C., Kirov, George K, Craddock, Nick J, Holmans, Peter A, Williams, Nigel M, Georgieva, Lyudmila, Nikolov, Ivan, Norton, N., Williams, H., Toncheva, Draga, Milanova, Vihra, Owen, Michael J, Hultman, Christina M, Lichtenstein, Paul, Thelander, Emma F, Sullivan, Patrick, Morris, Derek W, O’Dushlaine, Colm T., Kenny, Elaine, Quinn, Emma M ... Scolnick, Edward M (2011). Two non-synonymous markers in PTPN21, identified by genome-wide association study data-mining and replication, are associated with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 131 (1-3), 43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.023

LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts

Maugeri, Narelle, Powell, Joseph E., 't Hoen, Peter A. C., de Geus, Eco J. C., Willemsen, Gonneke, Kattenberg, Mathijs, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Penninx, Brenda, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Medland, Sarah E., Saviouk, Viatcheslav, Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M., van Ommen, Gert-Jan B., Frazer, Ian H., Boomsma, Dorret I., Montgomery, Grant W. and Ferreira, Manuel A. R (2011). LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts. Human Mutation, 32 (8), 873-876. doi: 10.1002/humu.21536

Response to Browning and Browning

Goddard, Michael E., Lee, Hong, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Response to Browning and Browning. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89 (1), 193-195. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.022

Genetic architecture of circulating lipid levels

Demirkan, Ayse, Amin, Najaf, Isaacs, Aaron, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Whitfield, John B., Wichmann, Heinz-Erich, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Rudan, Igor, Gieger, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Johansson, Asa, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Smith, Johannes J., Wild, Sarah H., Pedersen, Nancy L., Willemsen, Gonneke, Mangino, Massimo, Hayward, Caroline, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Hofman, Albert, Witteman, Jacqueline, Montgomery, Grant W., Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Rantanen, Taina, Kaprio, Jaakko, Doering, Angela, Pramstaller, Peter P., Gyllensten, Ulf, de Geus, Eco J. C. ... van Duijn, Cornelia M. (2011). Genetic architecture of circulating lipid levels. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19 (7), 813-819. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.21

Genomic inflation factors under polygenic inheritance

Yang, Jian, Weedon, Michael N., Purcell, Shaun, Lettre, Guillaume, Estrada, Karol, Willer, Cristen J., Smith, Albert V., Ingelsson, Erik, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Mangino, Massimo, Maegi, Reedik, Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nyholt, Dale R., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., McCarthy, Mark I., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Genomic inflation factors under polygenic inheritance. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19 (7), 807-812. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.39

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

Yang, Jian, Manolio, Teri A., Pasquale, Louis R., Boerwinkle, Eric, Caporaso, Neil, Cunningham, Julie M., de Andrade, Mariza, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feingold, Eleanor, Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Hill, William G., Landi, Maria Teresa, Alonso, Alvaro, Lettre, Guillaume, Lin, Peng, Ling, Hua, Lowe, William, Mathias, Rasika A., Melbye, Mads, Pugh, Elizabeth, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Weir, Bruce S., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs. Nature Genetics, 43 (6), 519-U44. doi: 10.1038/ng.823

Human population dispersal "Out of Africa" estimated from linkage disequilibrium and allele frequencies of SNPs

McEvoy, Brian P., Powell, Joseph E., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Human population dispersal "Out of Africa" estimated from linkage disequilibrium and allele frequencies of SNPs. Genome Research, 21 (6), 821-829. doi: 10.1101/gr.119636.110

Genetic Predictors of Fibrin D-Dimer Levels in Healthy Adults

Smith, Nicholas L., Huffman, Jennifer E., Strachan, David P., Huang, Jie, Dehghan, Abbas, Trompet, Stella, Lopez, Lorna M., Shin, So-Youn, Baumert, Jens, Vitart, Veronique, Bis, Joshua C., Wild, Sarah H., Rumley, Ann, Yang, Qiong, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Stott, David. J., Davies, Gail, Carter, Angela M., Thorand, Barbara, Polasek, Ozren, McKnight, Barbara, Campbell, Harry, Rudnicka, Alicja R., Chen, Ming-Huei, Buckley, Brendan M., Harris, Sarah E., Peters, Annette, Pulanic, Drazen, Lumley, Thomas ... Hayward, Caroline (2011). Genetic Predictors of Fibrin D-Dimer Levels in Healthy Adults. Circulation, 123 (17), 1864-+. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.009480

Association between ORMDL3, IL1RL1 and a deletion on chromosome 17q21 with asthma risk in Australia

Ferreira, Manuel A. R., McRae, Allan F., Medland, Sarah E., Nyholt, Dale R., Gordon, Scott D., Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Madden, Pamela A., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Heath, Andrew C., Montgomery, Grant W., Duffy, David L. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2011). Association between ORMDL3, IL1RL1 and a deletion on chromosome 17q21 with asthma risk in Australia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19 (4), 458-464. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.191

Does teenage childbearing reduce investment in human capital?

Webbink, Dinand, Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Does teenage childbearing reduce investment in human capital?. Journal of Population Economics, 24 (2), 701-730. doi: 10.1007/s00148-009-0270-7

Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis

Painter, Jodie N., Anderson, Carl A., Nyholt, Dale R., Macgregor, Stuart, Lin, Jianghai, Lee, Sang Hong, Lambert, Ann, Zhao, Zhen Z., Roseman, Fenella, Guo, Qun, Gordon, Scott D., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Visscher, Peter M., Kraft, Peter, Martin, Nicholas G., Morris, Andrew P., Treloar, Susan A., Kennedy, Stephen H., Missmer, Stacey A., Montgomery, Grant W. and Zondervan, Krina T. (2011). Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 66 (4), 214-216. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e318210cea1

Estimating missing heritability for disease from genome-wide association studies

Lee, Sang Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Estimating missing heritability for disease from genome-wide association studies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 88 (3), 294-305. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.02.002

Molecular pathways involved in neuronal cell adhesion and membrane scaffolding contribute to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder susceptibility

O'Dushlaine, C., Kenny, Elaine, Heron, E., Donohoe, G., Gill, Michael, Morris, Derek W., Corvin, Aiden, O'Dushlaine, Colm T., Quinn, Emma M., O'Donovan, Michael C., Kirov, George K., Craddock, Nick J., Holmans, Peter A., Williams, Nigel M., Georgieva, Lucy, Nikolov, Ivan, Norton, N., Williams, H., Toncheva, Draga, Milanova, Vihra, Owen, Michael J., Hultman, Christina M., Lichtenstein, Paul, Thelander, Emma F., Sullivan, Patrick, McQuillin, Andrew, Choudhury, Khalid, Datta, Susmita, Pimm, Jonathan ... The International Schizophrenia Consortium (2011). Molecular pathways involved in neuronal cell adhesion and membrane scaffolding contribute to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder susceptibility. Molecular Psychiatry, 16 (3), 286-292. doi: 10.1038/mp.2010.7

Association of STAT3 and TNFRSF1A with ankylosing spondylitis in Han Chinese

Davidson, Stuart I., Liu, Yu, Danoy, Patrick A., Wu, Xin, Thomas, Gethin P., Jiang, Lei, Sun, Linyun, Wang, Niansong, Han, Jun, Han, Huanxing, Visscher, Peter M., Brown, Matthew A. and Xu, Huji (2011). Association of STAT3 and TNFRSF1A with ankylosing spondylitis in Han Chinese. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 70 (2), 289-292. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.133322

Clustered coding variants in the glutamate receptor complexes of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Frank, Rene A. W., McRae, Allan F., Pocklington, Andrew J., van de Lagemaat, Louie N., Navarro, Pau, Croning, Mike D. R., Komiyama, Noboru H., Bradley, Sophie J., Challiss, R. A. John, Armstrong, J. Douglas, Finn, Robert D., Malloy, Mary P., MacLean, Alan W., Harris, Sarah E., Starr, John M., Bhaskar, Sanjeev S., Howard, Eleanor K., Hunt, Sarah E., Coffey, Alison J., Ranganath, Venkatesh, Deloukas, Panos, Rogers, Jane, Muir, Walter J., Deary, Ian J., Blackwood, Douglas H., Visscher, Peter M. and Grant, Seth G. N. (2011). Clustered coding variants in the glutamate receptor complexes of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. PLoS One, 6 (4) e19011, e19011.1-e19011.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019011

GCTA: a tool for genome-wide complex trait analysis

Yang, Jian, Lee, S. Hong, Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). GCTA: a tool for genome-wide complex trait analysis. American Journal of Human Genetics, 88 (1), 76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.11.011

Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis

Painter, JN, Anderson, CA, Nyholt, DR, Macgregor, S, Lin, JH, Lee, SH, Lambert, A, Zhao, ZZ, Roseman, F, Guo, Q, Gordon, SD, Wallace, L, Henders, AK, Visscher, PM, Kraft, P, Martin, NG, Morris, AP, Treloar, SA, Kennedy, SH, Missmer, SA, Montgomery, GW and Zondervan, KT (2011). Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis. Nature Genetics, 43 (1), 51-54. doi: 10.1038/ng.731

Synthetic Associations Created by Rare Variants Do Not Explain Most GWAS Results

Wray, Naomi, Purcell, Shaun M. and Visscher, Peter (2011). Synthetic Associations Created by Rare Variants Do Not Explain Most GWAS Results. PLoS Biology, 9 (1) e1000579, e1000579.1-e1000579.11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000579

A Commentary on 'Common SNPs Explain a Large Proportion of the Heritability for Human Height' by Yang et al. (2010)

Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Goddard, Michael E. (2010). A Commentary on 'Common SNPs Explain a Large Proportion of the Heritability for Human Height' by Yang et al. (2010). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 13 (6), 517-524. doi: 10.1375/twin.13.6.517

A simple and fast two-locus quality control test to detect false positives due to batch effects in genome-wide association studies

Lee, Sang Hong, Nyholt, Dale R., Macgregor, Stuart, Henders, Anjali K., Zondervan, Krina T., Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). A simple and fast two-locus quality control test to detect false positives due to batch effects in genome-wide association studies. Genetic Epidemiology, 34 (8), 854-862. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20541

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Elizabeth K Speliotes, Cristen J Willer, Sonja I Berndt, Keri L Monda, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Anne U Jackson, Hana Lango Allen, Cecilia M Lindgren, Jian'an Luan, Reedik Magi, Joshua C Randall, Sailaja Vedantam, Thomas W Winkler, Lu Qi, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Iris M Heid, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Heather M Stringham, Michael N Weedon, Eleanor Wheeler, Andrew R Wood, Teresa Ferreira, Robert J Weyant, Ayellet V Segre, Karol Estrada, Liming Liang, James Nemesh, Ju-Hyun Park, Stefan Gustafsson ... Ruth J F Loos (2010). Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nature Genetics, 42 (11), 937-948. doi: 10.1038/ng.686

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Heid, Iris M., Jackson, Anne U., Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Qi, Lu, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Zillikens, M. Carola, Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Maegi, Reedik, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, White, Charles C., Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Harris, Tamara B., Berndt, Sonja I., Ingelsson, Erik, Willer, Cristen J., Weedon, Michael N., Luan, Jianan, Vedantam, Sailaja, Esko, Tonu, Kilpelaeinen, Tuomas O., Kutalik, Zoltan, Li, Shengxu, Monda, Keri L., Dixon, Anna L., Holmes, Christopher C., Kaplan, Lee M., Liang, Liming ... Lindgren, Cecilia M. (2010). Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nature Genetics, 42 (11), 949-962. doi: 10.1038/ng.685

Reconciling the analysis of IBD and IBS in complex trait studies

Powell, Joseph E., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2010). Reconciling the analysis of IBD and IBS in complex trait studies. Nature Reviews Genetics, 11 (11), 800-805. doi: 10.1038/nrg2865

No evidence for warming climate theory of coat colour change in Soay sheep: A comment on Maloney et al.

Gratten, J., Wilson, A. J., McRae, A. F., Beraldi, D., Visscher, P. M., Pemberton, J. M. and Slate, J. (2010). No evidence for warming climate theory of coat colour change in Soay sheep: A comment on Maloney et al.. Biology Letters, 6 (5), 678-679. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0160

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Allen, Hana Lango, Estrada, Karol, Lettre, Guillaume, Berndt, Sonja I., Weedon, Michael N., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Willer, Cristen J., Jackson, Anne U., Vedantam, Sailaja, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Nyholt, Dale, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Nature, 467 (7317), 832-838. doi: 10.1038/nature09410

From Galton to GWAS: Quantitative genetics of human height

Visscher, Peter M., McEvoy, Brian and Yang, Jian (2010). From Galton to GWAS: Quantitative genetics of human height. Genetics Research, 92 (5-6), 371-379. doi: 10.1017/S0016672310000571

Accurately assessing the risk of schizophrenia conferred by rare copy-number variation affecting genes with brain function

Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Korn, Joshua M., McCarroll, Steven A., Altshuler, David, Sklar, Pamela, Purcell, Shaun, Purcell, Shaun, Purcell, Shaun, Stone, Jennifer, Bergen, Sarah, O'Dushlaine, Colm, Ruderfer, Douglas, Sklar, Pamela, Scolnick, Edward, Chambert, Kimberly, O'Donovan, Michael, Kirov, George, Craddock, Nick, Holmans, Peter, Williams, Nigel, Georgieva, Lucy, Nikolov, Ivan, Norton, Nadine, Williams, H., Toncheva, Draga, Milanova, Vihra, Owen, Michael, Hultman, Christina, Lichtenstein, Paul ... Pato, Carlos N. (2010). Accurately assessing the risk of schizophrenia conferred by rare copy-number variation affecting genes with brain function. PLoS Genetics, 6 (9) e1001097, e1001097. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001097

Corrigendum to: Sporadic cases are the norm for complex disease (European Journal of Human Genetics (2010) 18 (1039-1043) DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.177)

Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2010). Corrigendum to: Sporadic cases are the norm for complex disease (European Journal of Human Genetics (2010) 18 (1039-1043) DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.177). European Journal of Human Genetics, 18 (9), 1044-1044. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.233

Sporadic cases are the norm for complex disease

Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2010). Sporadic cases are the norm for complex disease. European Journal of Human Genetics, 18 (9), 1039-1043. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.177

Statistical Power to Detect Genetic Loci Affecting Environmental Sensitivity

Visscher, Peter M. and Posthuma, Danielle (2010). Statistical Power to Detect Genetic Loci Affecting Environmental Sensitivity. Behavior Genetics, 40 (5), 728-733. doi: 10.1007/s10519-010-9362-0

Whole-Genome Genetic Diversity in a Sample of Australians with Deep Aboriginal Ancestry

McEvoy, Brian P., Lind, Joanne M., Wang, Eric T., Moyzis, Robert K., Visscher, Peter M., Pellekaan, Sheila M. van Holst and Wilton, Alan N. (2010). Whole-Genome Genetic Diversity in a Sample of Australians with Deep Aboriginal Ancestry. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87 (2), 297-305. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.008

European and Polynesian admixture in the Norfolk Island population

McEvoy, B. P., Zhao, Z. Z., Macgregor, S., Bellis, C., Lea, R. A., Cox, H., Montgomery, G. W., Griffiths, L. R. and Visscher, P. M. (2010). European and Polynesian admixture in the Norfolk Island population. Heredity, 105 (2), 229-234. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.175

A versatile gene-based test for genome-wide association studies

Liu, Jimmy Z., McRae, Allan F., Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Brown, Kevin M., AMFS Investigators, Hayward, Nicholas K., Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Macgregor, Stuart (2010). A versatile gene-based test for genome-wide association studies. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87 (1), 139-145. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.06.009

Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

Yang, Jian, Benyamin, Beben, McEvoy, Brian P., Gordon, Scott, Henders, Anjali K., Nyholt, Dale R., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height. Nature Genetics, 42 (7), 565-569. doi: 10.1038/ng.608

Sex, intelligence and educational achievement in a national cohort of over 175,000 11-year-old schoolchildren in England

Calvin, Catherine M., Fernandes, Cres, Smith, Pauline, Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2010). Sex, intelligence and educational achievement in a national cohort of over 175,000 11-year-old schoolchildren in England. Intelligence, 38 (4), 424-432. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.04.005

Using the realized relationship matrix to disentangle confounding factors for the estimation of genetic variance components of complex traits

Lee, Sang Hong, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M. and van der Werf, Julius H. J. (2010). Using the realized relationship matrix to disentangle confounding factors for the estimation of genetic variance components of complex traits. Genetics Selection Evolution, 42 (1) 22, 22.1-22.14. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-42-22

Common variants of large effect in F12, KNG1, and HRG are associated with ctivated partial thromboplastin time

Houlihan, Lorna M., Davies, Gail, Tenesa, Albert, Harris, Sarah E., Luciano, Michelle, Gow, Alan J., McGhee, Kevin A., Liewald, David C., Porteous, David J., Starr, John M., Lowe, Gordon D., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2010). Common variants of large effect in F12, KNG1, and HRG are associated with ctivated partial thromboplastin time. American Journal of Human Genetics, 86 (4), 626-631. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.02.016

Comparing apples and oranges: Equating the power of case-control and quantitative trait association studies

Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). Comparing apples and oranges: Equating the power of case-control and quantitative trait association studies. Genetic Epidemiology, 34 (3), 254-257. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20456

The Genetic Interpretation of Area under the ROC Curve in Genomic Profiling

Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). The Genetic Interpretation of Area under the ROC Curve in Genomic Profiling. PLoS Genetics, 6 (2) e1000864, e1000864.1-e1000864.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000864

Does education reduce the probability of being overweight?

Webbink, Dinand, Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). Does education reduce the probability of being overweight?. Journal of Health Economics, 29 (1), 29-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.11.013

Geographical genomics of human leukocyte gene expression variation in southern Morocco

Idaghdour, Youssef, Czika, Wendy, Shianna, Kevin V., Lee, Sang H., Visscher, Peter M., Martin, Hilary C., Miclaus, K, Jadallah, Sami J., Goldstein, David B., Wolfinger, Russell D. and Gibson, Greg (2010). Geographical genomics of human leukocyte gene expression variation in southern Morocco. Nature Genetics, 42 (1), 62-67. doi: 10.1038/ng.495

Legacy of mutiny on the Bounty: founder effect and admixture on Norfolk Island

Macgregor, Stuart, Bellis, Claire, Lea, Rod A., Cox, Hannah, Dyer, Tom, Blangero, John, Visscher, Peter M. and Griffiths, Lyn R. (2010). Legacy of mutiny on the Bounty: founder effect and admixture on Norfolk Island. European Journal of Human Genetics, 18 (1), 67-72. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.111

Narrowing the Boundaries of the Genetic Architecture of Schizophrenia

Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2010). Narrowing the Boundaries of the Genetic Architecture of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 36 (1), 14-23. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbp137

A Note on Permutation Tests for Genetic Association Analysis of Quantitative Traits When Variances Are Heterogeneous

Posthuma, Danielle, de Koning, Dirk-Jan, Dolan, Conor, Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2009). A Note on Permutation Tests for Genetic Association Analysis of Quantitative Traits When Variances Are Heterogeneous. Genetic Epidemiology, 33 (8), 710-716. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20423

Genetics of human height

McEvoy, Brian P. and Visscher, Peter M. (2009). Genetics of human height. Economics and Human Biology, 7 (3), 294-306. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.09.005

Common variants in TMPRSS6 are associated with iron status and erythrocyte volume

Benyamin, B, Ferreira, MAR, Willemsen, G, Gordon, S, Middelberg, RPS, McEvoy, BP, Hottenga, JJ, Henders, AK, Campbell, MJ, Wallace, L, Frazer, IH, Heath, AC, de Geus, EJC, Nyholt, DR, Visscher, PM, Penninx, BW, Boomsma, DI, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW and Whitfield, JB (2009). Common variants in TMPRSS6 are associated with iron status and erythrocyte volume. Nature Genetics, 41 (11), 1173-1175. doi: 10.1038/ng.456

Estimating Effects and Making Predictions from Genome-Wide Marker Data

Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Verbyla, Klara and Visscher, Peter M. (2009). Estimating Effects and Making Predictions from Genome-Wide Marker Data. Statistical Science, 24 (4), 517-529. doi: 10.1214/09-STS306

Genome-wide Association Studies and Human Disease From Trickle to Flood

Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2009). Genome-wide Association Studies and Human Disease From Trickle to Flood. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association, 302 (18), 2028-2029. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1643

Detection of multiple quantitative trait loci and their pleiotropic effects in outbred pig populations

Nagamine, Yoshitaka, Pong-Wong, Ricardo, Visscher, Peter M. and Haley, Chris S. (2009). Detection of multiple quantitative trait loci and their pleiotropic effects in outbred pig populations. Genetics Selection Evolution, 41 (1) 44. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-41-44

Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases

Manolio, T.A., Collins, F.S., Cox, N.J., Goldstein, D.B., Hindorff, L.A., Hunter, D.J., McCarthy, M.I., Ramos, E.M., Cardon, L.R., Chakravarti, A., Cho, J.H., Guttmacher, A.E., Kong, A., Kruglyak, L., Mardis, E., Rotimi,C.N., Slatkin, M., Valle, D., Whittemore, A.S., Boehnke, M., Clarke, A.G., Eichler, E.E., Gibson, G.C., Haines, J.L., Mackay, T.F.C., McCarroll, S.A. and Visscher, P.M. (2009). Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases. Nature, 461 (7265), 747-753. doi: 10.1038/nature08494

Rapid inexpensive genome-wide association using pooled whole blood

Jamie E. Craig, Alex W. Hewitt, Amy E. McMellon, Anjali K. Henders, Lingjun Ma, Leanne Wallace, Shiwani Sharma, Kathryn P. Burdon, Peter M. Visscher, Grant W. Montgomery and Stuart MacGregor (2009). Rapid inexpensive genome-wide association using pooled whole blood. Genome Research, 19 (11), 2075-2080. doi: 10.1101/gr.094680.109

The Limits of Individual Identification from Sample Allele Frequencies: Theory and Statistical Analysis

Visscher, Peter M. and Hill, William G. (2009). The Limits of Individual Identification from Sample Allele Frequencies: Theory and Statistical Analysis. Plos Genetics, 5 (10) e1000628, e1000628. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000628

Family-based mitochondrial association study of traits related to type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in adolescents

E. M. Byrne, A. F. McRae, D. L. Duffy, Z. Z. Zhao, N. G. Martin, J. B. Whitfield, P. M. Visscher and G. W. Montgomery (2009). Family-based mitochondrial association study of traits related to type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in adolescents. Diabetologia, 52 (11), 2359-2368. doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1510-9

Association Study of Common Mitochondrial Variants and Cognitive Ability

Byrne, EM, McRae, AF, Duffy, DL, Zhao, ZZ, Martin, NG, Wright, MJ, Montgomery, GW and Visscher, PM (2009). Association Study of Common Mitochondrial Variants and Cognitive Ability. BEHAVIOR GENETICS, 39 (5), 504-512. doi: 10.1007/s10519-009-9276-x

Non-pathological paternal isodisomy of chromosome 2 detected from a genome-wide SNP scan.

Matthew C. Keller, Allan F. McRae, Julie M. McGaughran, Peter M. Visscher, Nicholas G. Martin and Grant W. Montgomery (2009). Non-pathological paternal isodisomy of chromosome 2 detected from a genome-wide SNP scan.. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A, 149A (8), 1823-1826. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32973

Whole genome approaches to quantitative genetics

Visscher, Peter M. (2009). Whole genome approaches to quantitative genetics. Genetica, 136 (2), 351-358. doi: 10.1007/s10709-008-9301-7

Geographical structure and differential natural selection among North European populations

Brian P. McEvoy, Grant W. Montgomery, Allan F. McRae, Samuli Ripatti, Markus Perola, Tim D. Spector, Lynn Cherkas, Kourosh R. Ahmadi, Dorret Boomsma, Gonneke Willemsen, Jouke J. Hottenga, Nancy L. Pedersen, Patrik K.E. Magnusson, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Kaare Christensen, Jaakko Kaprio, Kauko Heikkilä, Aarno Palotie, Elisabeth Widen, Juha Muilu, Ann-Christine Syvänen, Ulrika Liljedahl, Orla Hardiman, Simon Cronin, Leena Peltonen, Nicholas G. Martin and Peter M. Visscher (2009). Geographical structure and differential natural selection among North European populations. Genome Research, 19 (5), 804-814. doi: 10.1101/gr.083394.108

Is there still a cognitive cost of being a twin in the UK?

Calvin, Catherine, Fernandes, Cres, Smith, Pauline, Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2009). Is there still a cognitive cost of being a twin in the UK?. Intelligence, 37 (3), 243-248. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.12.005

Increased accuracy of artificial selection by using the realized relationship matrix. (vol 91, pg 47, 2009)

Hayes, B. J., Visscher, P. M. and Goddard, M. E. (2009). Increased accuracy of artificial selection by using the realized relationship matrix. (vol 91, pg 47, 2009). Genetics Research, 91 (2), 143-143. doi: 10.1017/S0016672309000111

Statistical genetics & statistical genomics: Where biology, epistemology, statistics, and computation collide

Allison, David B., Visscher, Peter M., Rosa, Guilherme J. M. and Amos, Christopher I. (2009). Statistical genetics & statistical genomics: Where biology, epistemology, statistics, and computation collide. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 53 (5), 1531-1534. doi: 10.1016/j.csda.2009.01.005

Cognitive Ability at Age 11 and 70 Years, Information Processing Speed, and APOE Variation: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study

Luciano, Michelle, Gow, Alan J., Harris, Sarah E., Hayward, Caroline, Allerhand, Mike, Starr, John M., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2009). Cognitive Ability at Age 11 and 70 Years, Information Processing Speed, and APOE Variation: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study. Psychology and Aging, 24 (1), 129-138. doi: 10.1037/a0014780

Replication study of candidate genes for cognitive abilities: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

Houlihan, L. M., Harris, S. E., Luciano, M., Gow, A. J., Starr, J. M., Visscher, P. M. and Deary, I. J. (2009). Replication study of candidate genes for cognitive abilities: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Genes Brain and Behavior, 8 (2), 238-247. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00470.x

Variation in the dysbindin gene and normal cognitive function in three independent population samples

M. Luciano, F. Miyajima, P. A. Lind, T. C. Bates, M. Horan, S. E. Harris, M. J. Wright, W. E. Ollier, C. Hayward, N. Pendleton, A. J. Gow, P. M. Visscher, J. M. Starr, I. J. Deary, N. G. Martin and A. Payton (2009). Variation in the dysbindin gene and normal cognitive function in three independent population samples. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 8 (2), 218-227. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00462.x

Association Mapping in Outbred Populations: Power and Efficiency When Genotyping Parents and Phenotyping Progeny

Chenoweth, SF and Visscher, PM (2009). Association Mapping in Outbred Populations: Power and Efficiency When Genotyping Parents and Phenotyping Progeny. Genetics, 181 (2), 755-765. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.099218

Family-based genome-wide association studies

Benyamin, Beben, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2009). Family-based genome-wide association studies. Pharmacogenomics, 10 (2), 181-190. doi: 10.2217/14622416.10.2.181

Increased accuracy of artificial selection by using the realized relationship matrix

Hayes, B. J., Visscher, P. M. and Goddard, M. E. (2009). Increased accuracy of artificial selection by using the realized relationship matrix. Genetics Research, 91 (1), 47-60. doi: 10.1017/S0016672308009981

DNA methylation profiles in monozygotic and dizygotic twins

Zachary A Kaminsky, Thomas Tang, Sun-Chong Wang, Carolyn Ptak, Gabriel H T Oh, Albert H C Wong, Laura A Feldcamp, Carl Virtanen, Jonas Halfvarson, Curt Tysk, Allan F McRae, Peter M Visscher, Grant W Montgomery, Irving I Gottesman, Nicholas G Martin and Art Petronis (2009). DNA methylation profiles in monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Nature Genetics, 41 (2), 240-245. doi: 10.1038/ng.286

Variants in TF and HFE Explain 40% of Genetic Variation in Serum-Transferrin Levels

Beben Benyamin, Allan F. McRae, Gu Zhu, Scott Gordon, Anjali K. Henders, Aarno Palotie, Leena Peltonen, Nicholas G. Martin, Grant W. Montgomery, John B. Whitfield and Peter M. Visscher (2009). Variants in TF and HFE Explain 40% of Genetic Variation in Serum-Transferrin Levels. American Journal of Human Genetics, 84 (1), 60-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.11.011

A cytogenetic abnormality and rare coding variants identify ABCA13 as a candidate gene in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression

Knight, Helen M., Pickard, Benjamin S., Maclean, Alan, Malloy, Mary P., Soares, Dinesh C., McRae, Allan F., Condie, Alison, White, Angela, Hawkins, William, McGhee, Kevin, van Beck, Margaret, MacIntyre, Donald J., Starr, John M., Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M., Porteous, David J., Cannon, Ronald E., St Clair, David, Muir, Walter J. and Blackwood, Douglas H. R. (2009). A cytogenetic abnormality and rare coding variants identify ABCA13 as a candidate gene in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85 (6), 833-846. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.11.003

Apolipoprotein E is not Related to Memory Abilities at 70 Years of Age

Luciano, Michelle, Gow, Alan J., Taylor, Michelle D., Hayward, Caroline, Harris, Sarah E., Campbell, Harry, Porteous, David J., Starr, John M., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2009). Apolipoprotein E is not Related to Memory Abilities at 70 Years of Age. Behavior Genetics, 39 (1), 6-14. doi: 10.1007/s10519-008-9236-x

Harnessing the information contained within genome-wide association studies to improve individual prediction of complex disease risk

Evans, David M., Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2009). Harnessing the information contained within genome-wide association studies to improve individual prediction of complex disease risk. Human Molecular Genetics, 18 (18), 3525-3531. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddp295

Divergence between human populations estimated from linkage disequilibrium

Sved, John A., McRae, Allan F. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Divergence between human populations estimated from linkage disequilibrium. American Journal of Human Genetics, 83 (6), 737-743. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.10.019

Common genetic components of obesity traits and serum leptin

Hasselbalch, Ann L., Benyamin, Beben, Visscher, Peter M., Heitmann, Berit L., Kyvik, Kirsten O. and Sorensen, Thorkild I. A. (2008). Common genetic components of obesity traits and serum leptin. Obesity, 16 (12), 2723-2729. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.440

Do twins have lower cognitive ability than singletons?

Webbink, Dinand, Posthuma, Danielle, Boomsma, Dorret I., de Geus, Eco J. C. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Do twins have lower cognitive ability than singletons?. Intelligence, 36 (6), 539-547. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.12.002

The use of common mitochondrial variants to detect and characterise population structure in the Australian population: Implications for genome-wide association studies

Byrne, Enda M., Mcrae, Allan F., Zhao, Zhen-Zhen, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). The use of common mitochondrial variants to detect and characterise population structure in the Australian population: Implications for genome-wide association studies. European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (11), 1396-1403. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.117

A genome-wide linkage scan for age at menarche in three populations of European descent

Anderson, Carl A., Zhu, Gu, Falchi, Mario, van den Berg, Stéphanie M., Treloar, Susan A., Spector, Timothy D., Martin, Nicholas G., Boomsma, Dorret I., Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2008). A genome-wide linkage scan for age at menarche in three populations of European descent. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism., 93 (10), 3965-3970. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-2568

Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins

Hur, Y-M, Kaprio, J., Iacono, W. G., Boomsma, D. I., McGgue, M., Silventoinen, K., Martin, N. G., Luciano, M., Visscher, P. M., Rose, R. J., He, M., Ando, J., Ooki, S., Nonaka, K., Lin, C. C. H., Lajunen, H. R., Cornes, B. K., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., Cherny, S. S. and Mitchell, K. (2008). Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins. International Journal of Obesity, 32 (10), 1455-1467. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.144

Predicting unobserved phenotypes for complex traits from whole-genome SNP data

Lee, Sang Hong, van der Werf, Julius H. J., Hayes, Ben J., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Predicting unobserved phenotypes for complex traits from whole-genome SNP data. PLoS Genetics, 4 (10) e1000231, e1000231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000231

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms have negligible effect on human height

Macgregor, Stuart, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Lind, Penelope A., Suchiman, H. Eka D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Slagboom, P. Eline, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2008). Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms have negligible effect on human height. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 11 (5), 488-494. doi: 10.1375/twin.11.5.488

Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

Stone, Jennifer L., O'Donovan, Michael C., Gurling, Hugh, Kirov, George K., Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Corvin, Aiden, Craddock, Nick J., Gill, Michael, Hultman, Christina M., Lichtenstein, Paul, McQuillin, Andrew, Pato, Carlos N., Ruderfer, Douglas M., Owen, Michael J., St Clair, David, Sullivan, Patrick F., Sklar, Pamela, Purcell, Shaun M., Scolnick, E. M., Holmans, P. A., Georgieva, L., Nikolov, I., Norton, N., Williams, H., Williams, N. M., Toncheva, D., Milanova, V., Thelander, E. F., Morris, D. W. ... Sklar, P. (2008). Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia. Nature, 455 (7210), 237-241. doi: 10.1038/nature07239

Calculation of IBD probabilities with dense SNP or sequence data

Keith, Jonathan M., McRae, Allan, Duffy, David, Mengersen, Kerrie and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Calculation of IBD probabilities with dense SNP or sequence data. Genetic Epidemiology, 32 (6), 513-519. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20324

Erratum: Testing replication of a 5-SNP set for general cognitive ability in six population samples (European Journal of Human Genetics (2008) 10.1038/ejhg.2008.100)

Luciano, Michelle, Lind, Penelope A., Deary, Ian J., Payton, Antony, Posthuma, Danielle, Butcher, Lee M., Bochdanovits, Zoltan, Whalley, Lawrence J., Visscher, Peter M., Harris, Sarah E., Polderman, Tinca J.C., Davis, Oliver S.P., Wright, Margaret J., Starr, John M., de Geus, Eco J.C., Bates, Timothy C., Montgomery, Grant W., Boomsma, Dorret I., Martin, Nicholas G. and Plomin, Robert (2008). Erratum: Testing replication of a 5-SNP set for general cognitive ability in six population samples (European Journal of Human Genetics (2008) 10.1038/ejhg.2008.100). European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (8), 1025-1025. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.124

Investigation of the relationship between smoking and appendicitis in Australian twins

Oldmeadow, Chris, Wood, Ian, Mengersen, Kerrie, Visscher, Peter M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Duffy, David L. (2008). Investigation of the relationship between smoking and appendicitis in Australian twins. Annals of Epidemiology, 18 (8), 631-636. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.04.004

Does teenage childbearing increase smoking, drinking and body size?

Webbink, Dinand, Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Does teenage childbearing increase smoking, drinking and body size?. Journal of Health Economics, 27 (4), 888-903. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.02.005

Multiple-marker mapping for selective DNA pooling within large families

Dolezal, M., Schwarzenbacher, H., Soller, M., Soelkner, J. and Visscher, P. M. (2008). Multiple-marker mapping for selective DNA pooling within large families. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (7), 2864-2873. doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0397

Power and SNP tagging in whole mitochondrial genome association studies

McRae, Allan F., Byrne, Enda M., Zhao, Zhen Zhen, Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Power and SNP tagging in whole mitochondrial genome association studies. Genome Research, 18 (6), 911-917. doi: 10.1101/gr.074872.107

Inspection time and cognitive abilities in twins aged 7 to 17 years: age-related changes, heritability and genetic covariance

Edmonds, Caroline J., Isaacs, Elizabeth B., Visscher, Peter M., Rogers, Mary, Lanigan, Julie, Singhal, Atul, Lucas, Alan, Gringras, Paul, Denton, Jane and Deary, Ian J. (2008). Inspection time and cognitive abilities in twins aged 7 to 17 years: age-related changes, heritability and genetic covariance. Intelligence, 36 (3), 210-225. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.05.004

Sizing up human height variation

Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Sizing up human height variation. Nature Genetics, 40 (5), 489-490. doi: 10.1038/ng0508-489

A genome-wide linkage study in families with major depression and co-morbid unexplained swelling

Anderson, Carl A., Maclean, Alan, Dunnigan, Matthew G., Pelosi, Anthony J., Murray, Valerie, Mckee, Irene, McDonald, George, Burt, David W., Morrice, David R., Muir, Walter J., Visscher, Peter M. and Blackwood, Douglas H. R. (2008). A genome-wide linkage study in families with major depression and co-morbid unexplained swelling. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B-Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 147 (3), 356-362. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30615

Within-family outliers: segregating alleles or environmental effects? A linkage analysis of height from 5815 sibling pairs

Benyamin, Beben, Perola, Markus, Cornes, Belinda K., Madden, Pamela A. F., Palotie, Aarno, Nyholt, Dale R., Montgomery, Grant W., Peltonen, Leena, Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Within-family outliers: segregating alleles or environmental effects? A linkage analysis of height from 5815 sibling pairs. European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (4), 516-524. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201992

Estimation of the time of divergence between Japanese Mishima island cattle and other cattle populations using microsatellite DNA markers

Nagamine, Yoshitaka, Nirasawa, Keijiro, Takahashi, Hideaki, Sasaki, Osamu, Ishii, Kazuo, Minezawa, Mitsuru, Oda, Senichi, Visscher, Peter M. and Furukawa, Tsutomu (2008). Estimation of the time of divergence between Japanese Mishima island cattle and other cattle populations using microsatellite DNA markers. Journal of Heredity, 99 (2), 202-207. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esm129

Genome-wide association studies of quantitative traits with related individuals: little (power) lost but much to be gained

Visscher, Peter M., Andrew, Toby and Nyholt, Dale R. (2008). Genome-wide association studies of quantitative traits with related individuals: little (power) lost but much to be gained. European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (3), 387-390. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201990

Data and theory point to mainly additive genetic variance for complex traits

Hill, William G., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Data and theory point to mainly additive genetic variance for complex traits. PLoS Genetics, 4 (2), e1000008. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000008

Response to selection from using identified genes and quadratic indices in two-traits breeding goals

Avendano, S., Visscher, P. M. and Villanueva, B. (2008). Response to selection from using identified genes and quadratic indices in two-traits breeding goals. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 6 (SPEC. ISS.), 88-97. doi: 10.5424/sjar/200806S1-377

A localized negative genetic correlation constrains microevolution of coat color in wild sheep

Gratten, J., Wilson, A. J., McRae, A. F., Beraldi, D., Visscher, P. M., Pemberton, J. M. and Slate, J. (2008). A localized negative genetic correlation constrains microevolution of coat color in wild sheep. Science, 319 (5861), 318-320. doi: 10.1126/science.1151182

Genome-wide linkage analysis of multiple measures of neuroticism of 2 large cohorts from Australia and the Netherlands

Wray, Naomi R., Middeldorp, Christel M., Birley, Andrew J., Gordon, Scott D., Sullivan, Patrick F., Visscher, Peter M., Nyholt, Dale R, Willemsen, Gonneke, de Geus, Eco J.C., Slagboom, P. Eline, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Boomsma, Dorret I. (2008). Genome-wide linkage analysis of multiple measures of neuroticism of 2 large cohorts from Australia and the Netherlands. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65 (6), 649-658. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.6.649

Heritability in the genomics era — concepts and misconceptions

Visscher, Peter, Hill, William G. and Wray, Naomi (2008). Heritability in the genomics era — concepts and misconceptions. Nature Reviews Genetics, 9 (4), 255-266. doi: 10.1038/nrg2322

Highly cost-efficient genome-wide association studies using DNA pools and dense SNP arrays

Macgregor, Stuart, Zhao, Zhen Zhen, Henders, Anjali, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2008). Highly cost-efficient genome-wide association studies using DNA pools and dense SNP arrays. Nucleic Acids Research, 36 (6) e35, 291-296. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm1060

Linkage analysis in a large family from Pakistan with depression and a high incidence of consanguineous marriages

Ayub, Muhammad, Irfan, Muhammad, Maclean, Alan, Naeem, Farooq, MacGregor, Stuart, Visscher, Peter M., Muir, Walter and Blackwood, Douglas (2008). Linkage analysis in a large family from Pakistan with depression and a high incidence of consanguineous marriages. Human Heredity, 66 (3), 190-198. doi: 10.1159/000135265

Prediction of individual genetic risk of complex disease

Wray, Naomi, Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter (2008). Prediction of individual genetic risk of complex disease. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 18 (3), 257-263. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.07.006

Testing replication of a 5-SNP set for general cognitive ability in six population samples

Luciano, Michelle, Lind, Penelope A., Deary, Ian J., Payton, Antony, Posthuma, Danielle, Butcher, Lee M., Bochdanovits, Zoltan, Whalley, Lawrence J., Visscher, Peter M., Harris, Sarah E., Polderman, Tinca J. C., Davis, Oliver S. P., Wright, Margaret J., Starr, John M., de Geus, Eco J. C., Bates, Timothy C., Montgomery, Grant W., Boomsma, Dorret I., Martin, Nicholas G. and Plomin, Robert (2008). Testing replication of a 5-SNP set for general cognitive ability in six population samples. European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (11), 1388-1395. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.100

Prioritization of positional candidate genes using multiple web-based software tools

Thornblad, Tobias A., Elliott, Kate S., Jowett, Jeremy and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Prioritization of positional candidate genes using multiple web-based software tools. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10 (6), 861-870. doi: 10.1375/twin.10.6.861

The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: A study to examine influences on cognitive ageing from age 11 to age 70 and beyond

Deary, Ian J., Gow, Alan J., Taylor, Michelle D., Corley, Janie, Brett, Caroline, Wilson, Valerie, Campbell, Harry, Whalley, Lawrence J., Visscher, Peter M., Porteous, David J. and Starr, John M. (2007). The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: A study to examine influences on cognitive ageing from age 11 to age 70 and beyond. BMC Geriatrics, 7 (1) 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-28

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for height from 11,214 sibling pairs

Visscher, Peter M., Macgregor, Stuart, Benyamin, Beben, Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott, Medland, Sarah, Hill, William G., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Willemsen, Gonneke, Boomsma, Dorret I., Liu, Yao-Zhong, Deng, Hong-Wen, Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2007). Genome partitioning of genetic variation for height from 11,214 sibling pairs. American Journal of Human Genetics, 81 (5), 1104-1110. doi: 10.1086/522934

The value of relatives with phenotypes but missing genotypes in association studies for quantitative traits (vol 30, pg 30, 2006)

Visscher, Peter M. and Duffy, David L. (2007). The value of relatives with phenotypes but missing genotypes in association studies for quantitative traits (vol 30, pg 30, 2006). Genetic Epidemiology, 31 (7), 801-801. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20268

Are there common genetic and environmental factors behind the endophenotypes associated with the metabolic syndrome?

Benyamin, B., Sorensen, T. I. A., Schousboe, K., Fenger, M., Visscher, P. M. and Kyvik, K. O. (2007). Are there common genetic and environmental factors behind the endophenotypes associated with the metabolic syndrome?. Diabetologia, 50 (9), 1880-1888. doi: 10.1007/s00125-007-0758-1

Estimation of variance components for age at menarche in twin families

Anderson, Carl A., Duffy, David L., Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Estimation of variance components for age at menarche in twin families. Behavior Genetics, 37 (5), 668-677. doi: 10.1007/s10519-007-9163-2

Does sharing the same class in school improve cognitive abilities of twins?

Webbink, Dinand, Hay, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Does sharing the same class in school improve cognitive abilities of twins?. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10 (4), 573-580. doi: 10.1375/twin.10.4.573

Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: Evidence for common Caucasian loci

Perola, Markus, Sammalisto, Sampo, Hiekkalinna, Tero, Martin, Nick G., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Benyamin, Beben, Harris, Jennifer R., Boomsma, Dorret, Willemsen, Gonneke, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Christensen, Karre, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Sorensen, Thorkild I., Pedersen, Nancy L., Magnusson, Patrik K., Spector, Tim D., Widen, Elisabeth, Silventoinen, Karri, Kaprio, Jaakko, Palotie, Aarno, Peltonen, Leena and GenomEUtwin Project (2007). Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: Evidence for common Caucasian loci. PLoS Genetics, 3 (6), 1019-1028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030097

Combined genome scans for body stature in 6602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci

Perola, Markus, Sammalisto, Sampo, Hiekkalinna, Tero, Martin, Nick, Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Benyamin, Beben, Harris, Jennifer R, Boomsma, Dorret, Willemsen, Gonneke, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Christensen, Kaare, Ohm Kyvik, Kirsten, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Magnusson, Patrik K.E., Spector, Tim D, Widen, Elisabeth, Silventoinen, Karri, Kaprio, Jaakko, Palotie, Aarno and Peltonen, Leena (2007). Combined genome scans for body stature in 6602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci. PLoS Genetics, 3 (6), 1019-1028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030097

Mapping quantitative trait loci underlying fitness-related traits in a free-living sheep population

Beraldi, Dario, McRae, Allan F., Gratten, Jacob, Slate, Jon, Visscher, Peter M. and Pemberton, Josephine M. (2007). Mapping quantitative trait loci underlying fitness-related traits in a free-living sheep population. Evolution, 61 (6), 1403-1416. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00106.x

Compelling evidence that a single nucleotide substitution in TYRP1 is responsible for coat-colour polymorphism in a free-living population of Soay sheep

Gratten, J., Beraldi, D., Lowder, B. V., McRae, A. F., Visscher, P. M., Pemberton, J. M. and Slate, J. (2007). Compelling evidence that a single nucleotide substitution in TYRP1 is responsible for coat-colour polymorphism in a free-living population of Soay sheep. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 274 (1610), 619-626. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3762

Residual linkage: why do linkage peaks not disappear after an association study?

Gordon, Scott and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Residual linkage: why do linkage peaks not disappear after an association study?. Human Genetics, 121 (1), 77-82. doi: 10.1007/s00439-006-0278-y

Replicated effects of sex and genotype on gene expression in human lymphoblastoid cell lines

McRae, A. F., Matigian, N. A., Vadlamudi, L., Mulley, J. C., Mowry, B., Martin, N. G., Berkovic, S. F., Hayward, N. K. and Visscher, P. M. (2007). Replicated effects of sex and genotype on gene expression in human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Human Molecular Genetics, 16 (4), 364-373. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddl456

Bodyweight QTL on mouse chromosomes 4 and 11 by selective genotyping: regression v. maximum likelihood

Benyamin, Beben, Martin, Ian C. A., Cheung, Carol C., Buckley, Michael F., Thomson, Peter C., Visscher, Peter M. and Moran, Chris (2007). Bodyweight QTL on mouse chromosomes 4 and 11 by selective genotyping: regression v. maximum likelihood. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 47 (6), 677-682. doi: 10.1071/EA06123

Classification based upon gene expression data: bias and precision of error rates

Wood, I. A., Visscher, P. M. and Mengersen, K. L. (2007). Classification based upon gene expression data: bias and precision of error rates. Bioinformatics, 23 (11), 1363-1370. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btm117

Genetic and phenotypic stability of measures of neuroticism over 22 years

Wray, N. R., Birley, A. J., Sullivan, P. F., Visscher, P. M. and Martin, N. G. (2007). Genetic and phenotypic stability of measures of neuroticism over 22 years. Twin Research & Human Genetics, 10 (5), 695-702. doi: 10.1375/twin.10.5.695

Introduction to social research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches

Mcgee, TR (2007). Introduction to social research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Journal of Sociology, 43 (3), 324-326. doi: 10.1177/14407833070110030604

Prediction of individual genetic risk to disease from genome-wide association studies

Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Prediction of individual genetic risk to disease from genome-wide association studies. Genome Research, 17 (10), 1520-1528. doi: 10.1101/gr.6665407

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping of resistance to strongyles and coccidia in the free-living Soay sheep (Ovis aries)

Beraldi, Dario, McRae, Allan F., Gratten, Jacob, Slate, Jon, Visscher, Peter M., Pemberton, Josephine M. and Pilkington, Jill G. (2007). Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping of resistance to strongyles and coccidia in the free-living Soay sheep (Ovis aries). Journal of Parasitology, 37 (1), 121-129. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.09.007

Recent human effective population size estimated from linkage disequilibrium

Tenesa, Albert, Navarro, Pau, Hayes, Ben J., Duffy, David L., Clarke, Geraldine M., Goddard, Mike E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2007). Recent human effective population size estimated from linkage disequilibrium. Genome Research, 17 (4), 520-526. doi: 10.1101/gr.6023607

The Eysenck personality factors: Psychometric structure, reliability, heritability and phenotypic and genetic correlations with psychological distress in an isolated Croatian population

Ivkovic, Vladimir, Vitart, Veronique, Rudan, Igor, Janicijevic, Branka, Smolej-Narancic, Nina, Skaric-Juric, Tatjana, Barbalic, Maja, Polasek, Ozren, Kolcic, Ivana, Biloglav, Zrinka, Visscher, Peter M., Hayward, Caroline, Hastie, Nicholas D., Anderson, Niall, Campbell, Harry, Wright, Alan F., Rudan, Pavao and Deary, Ian J. (2007). The Eysenck personality factors: Psychometric structure, reliability, heritability and phenotypic and genetic correlations with psychological distress in an isolated Croatian population. Personality and Individual Differences, 42 (1), 123-133. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.06.025

Variation of estimates of SNP and haplotype diversity and linkage disequilibrium in samples from the same population due to experimental and evolutionary sample size

Visscher, P. M. (2007). Variation of estimates of SNP and haplotype diversity and linkage disequilibrium in samples from the same population due to experimental and evolutionary sample size. Annals of Human Genetics, 71 (1), 119-126. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00305.x

Genetic parameters for blood oxygen saturation, body weight and breast conformation in 4 meat-type chicken lines

Navarro, P., Visscher, P. M., Chatziplis, D., Koerhuis, A. N. M. and Haley, C. S. (2006). Genetic parameters for blood oxygen saturation, body weight and breast conformation in 4 meat-type chicken lines. British Poultry Science, 47 (6), 659-670. doi: 10.1080/00071660601042372

Segregation analysis of blood oxygen saturation in broilers suggests a major gene influence on ascites

Navarro, P., Visscher, P. M., Chatziplis, D., Koerhuis, A. N. M. and Haley, C. S. (2006). Segregation analysis of blood oxygen saturation in broilers suggests a major gene influence on ascites. British Poultry Science, 47 (6), 671-684. doi: 10.1080/00071660601077931

Precision and bias of a normal finite mixture distribution model to analyze twin data when zygosity is unknown: simulations and application to IQ phenotypes on a large sample of twin pairs

Benyamin, Beben, Deary, Ian J. and Visscher, Peter M. (2006). Precision and bias of a normal finite mixture distribution model to analyze twin data when zygosity is unknown: simulations and application to IQ phenotypes on a large sample of twin pairs. Behavior Genetics, 36 (6), 935-946. doi: 10.1007/s10519-006-9086-3

A note on the asymptotic distribution of likelihood ratio tests to test variance components

Visscher, Peter M. (2006). A note on the asymptotic distribution of likelihood ratio tests to test variance components. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (4), 490-495. doi: 10.1375/183242706778024928

A simple method to localise pleiotropic susceptibility loci using univariate linkage analyses of correlated traits

Ferreira, Manuel A. R., Visscher, Peter M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Duffy, David L. (2006). A simple method to localise pleiotropic susceptibility loci using univariate linkage analyses of correlated traits. European Journal of Human Genetics, 14 (8), 953-962. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201646

Estimation of recombination rate and detection of recombination hotspots from dense single-nucleotide polymorphism trio data

Visscher, Peter M. and Hill, William G. (2006). Estimation of recombination rate and detection of recombination hotspots from dense single-nucleotide polymorphism trio data. Genetics, 173 (4), 2415-2417. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.056531

Identification of twin pairs from large population-based samples

Webbink, Dinand, Roeleveld, Jaap and Visscher, Peter M. (2006). Identification of twin pairs from large population-based samples. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (4), 496-500. doi: 10.1375/183242706778024892

A simple linear regression method for quantitative trait loci linkage analysis with censored observations

Anderson, Carl A., McRae, Allan F. and Visscher, Peter M. (2006). A simple linear regression method for quantitative trait loci linkage analysis with censored observations. Genetics, 173 (3), 1735-1745. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.055921

Development of a linkage map and mapping of phenotypic polymorphisms in a free-living population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries)

Beraldi, Dario, McRae, Allan F., Gratten, Jacob, Slate, Jon, Visscher, Peter M. and Pemberton, Josephine M. (2006). Development of a linkage map and mapping of phenotypic polymorphisms in a free-living population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries). Genetics, 173 (3), 1521-1537. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.057141

Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings

Visscher, Peter M., Medland, Sarah E., Ferreira, Manuel A. R., Morley, Katherine I., Zhu, Gu, Cornes, Belinda K., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2006). Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings. Plos Genetics, 2 (3), 316-325. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020041

Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings

Visscher, Peter M., Medland, Sarah E., Ferreira, Manuel A.R., Morley, Katherine I., Zhu, Gu, Cornes, Belinda K., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2006). Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings. PLoS Genetics, 2 (3), 316-325. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020041

False disease region identification from identity-by-descent haplotype sharing in the presence of phenocopies

Macgregor, S, Knott, SA and Visscher, PM (2006). False disease region identification from identity-by-descent haplotype sharing in the presence of phenocopies. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (1), 9-16. doi: 10.1375/183242706776403000

Analysis of pooled DNA samples on high density arrays without prior knowledge of differential hybridization rates

Macgregor, S., Visscher, P. M. and Montgomery, G. (2006). Analysis of pooled DNA samples on high density arrays without prior knowledge of differential hybridization rates. Nucleic Acids Research, 34 (7) e55. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkl136

Bias, precision and heritability of self-reported and clinically measured height in Australian twins

Macgregor, Stuart, Cornes, Belinda K., Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2006). Bias, precision and heritability of self-reported and clinically measured height in Australian twins. Human Genetics, 120 (4), 571-580. doi: 10.1007/s00439-006-0240-z

HLA and Genomewide Allele Sharing in Dizygotic Twins

Montgomery, Grant W., Zhu, Gu, Hottenga, Jouke J., Duffy, David L., Heath, Andrew C., Boomsma, Dorret I., Martin, Nicholas G. and Visscher, Peter M. (2006). HLA and Genomewide Allele Sharing in Dizygotic Twins. American Journal of Human Genetics, 79 (6), 1052-1058. doi: 10.1086/510136

Replicated linkage for eye color on 15q using comparative ratings of sibling pairs

Posthuma, D., Visscher, P. M., Willemsen, G., Zhu, G., Martin, N. G., Slagboom, P. E., de Geus, E. J. C. and Boomsma, D. I. (2006). Replicated linkage for eye color on 15q using comparative ratings of sibling pairs. Behavior Genetics, 36 (1), 12-17. doi: 10.1007/s10519-005-9007-x

The value of relatives with phenotypes but missing genotypes in association studies for quantitative traits

Visscher, PM and Duffy, DL (2006). The value of relatives with phenotypes but missing genotypes in association studies for quantitative traits. Genetic Epidemiology, 30 (1), 30-36. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20124

Robust estimation of experimentwise P values applied to a genome scan of multiple asthma traits identifies a new region of significant linkage on chromosome 20q13

Ferreira, MAR, O'Gorman, L, Le Souef, P, Burton, PR, Toelle, BG, Robertson, CF, Visscher, PM, Martin, NG and Duffy, DL (2005). Robust estimation of experimentwise P values applied to a genome scan of multiple asthma traits identifies a new region of significant linkage on chromosome 20q13. American Journal of Human Genetics, 77 (6), 1075-1085. doi: 10.1086/497997

Quantitative trait locus analysis of longitudinal quantitative trait data in complex pedigrees

Macgregor, S, Knott, SA, White, and Visscher, PM (2005). Quantitative trait locus analysis of longitudinal quantitative trait data in complex pedigrees. Genetics, 171 (3), 1365-1376. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.043828

Erratum: (Genetic Epidemiology (2004) 26 (116-124))

Thomas, Stuart, Porteous, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2005). Erratum: (Genetic Epidemiology (2004) 26 (116-124)). Genetic Epidemiology, 29 (2). doi: 10.1002/gepi.20083

Large, consistent estimates of the heritability of cognitive ability in two entire populations of 11-year-old twins from Scottish mental surveys of 1932 and 1947

Benyamin, Beben, Wilson, Valerie, Whalley, Lawrence J., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2005). Large, consistent estimates of the heritability of cognitive ability in two entire populations of 11-year-old twins from Scottish mental surveys of 1932 and 1947. Behavior Genetics, 35 (5), 525-534. doi: 10.1007/s10519-005-3556-x

Modeling linkage disequilibrium in natural populations: The example of the Soay sheep population of St. Kilda, Scotland

McRae, AF, Pemberton, JM and Visscher, PM (2005). Modeling linkage disequilibrium in natural populations: The example of the Soay sheep population of St. Kilda, Scotland. Genetics, 171 (1), 251-258. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.040972

Mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting organ weights and blood variables in a broiler layer cross

Navarro, P, Visscher, PM, Knott, SA, Burt, DW, Hocking, PM and Haley, CS (2005). Mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting organ weights and blood variables in a broiler layer cross. British Poultry Science, 46 (4), 430-442. doi: 10.1080/00071660500158055

Introduction: Population genetics, quantitative genetics and animal improvement: papers in honour of William (Bill) Hill

Charlesworth, B, Keightley, P and Visscher, P (2005). Introduction: Population genetics, quantitative genetics and animal improvement: papers in honour of William (Bill) Hill. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 360 (1459), 1365-1366. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1678

Genome-wide linkage disequilibrium from 100,000 SNPs in the East Finland founder population

Uimari, P, Kontkanen, O, Visscher, PM, Pirskanen, M, Fuentes, R and Salonen, JT (2005). Genome-wide linkage disequilibrium from 100,000 SNPs in the East Finland founder population. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8 (3), 185-197. doi: 10.1375/1832427054253086

Genomic contributions in livestock gene introgression programmes

Wall, E, Visscher, PM, Hospital, F and Woolliams, JA (2005). Genomic contributions in livestock gene introgression programmes. Genetics Selection Evolution, 37 (3), 291-313. doi: 10.1051/gse:2005003

Mapping of multiple quantitative trait loci for growth and carcass traits in a complex commercial sheep pedigree

McRae, AF, Bishop, SC, Walling, GA, Wilson, AD and Visscher, PM (2005). Mapping of multiple quantitative trait loci for growth and carcass traits in a complex commercial sheep pedigree. Animal Science, 80 (8), 135-141. doi: 10.1079/ASC41040135

Mapping quantitative trait loci using linkage disequilibrium: Marker- versus trait-based methods

Tenesa, A, Visscher, PM, Carothers, AD and Knott, SA (2005). Mapping quantitative trait loci using linkage disequilibrium: Marker- versus trait-based methods. Behavior Genetics, 35 (2), 219-228. doi: 10.1007/s10519-004-0811-5

Estimation of the rate of SNP genotyping errors from DNA extracted from different tissues

Montgomery, GW, Campbell, MJ, Dickson, P, Herbert, S, Siemering, K, Ewen-White, KR, Visscher, PM and Martin, NG (2005). Estimation of the rate of SNP genotyping errors from DNA extracted from different tissues. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8 (4), 346-352. doi: 10.1375/1832427054936673

A genome scan and follow-up study identify a bipolar disorder susceptibility locus on chromosome 1q42

Macgregor, S, Visscher, PM, Knott, SA, Thomson, P, Porteous, DJ, Millar, JK, Devon, RS, Blackwood, D and Muir, WJ (2004). A genome scan and follow-up study identify a bipolar disorder susceptibility locus on chromosome 1q42. Molecular Psychiatry, 9 (12), 1083-1090. doi: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001544

The use of linear mixed models to estimate variance components from data on twin pairs by maximum likelihood

Visscher, Peter M., Benyamin, Beben and White, Ian (2004). The use of linear mixed models to estimate variance components from data on twin pairs by maximum likelihood. Twin Research, 7 (6), 670-674. doi: 10.1375/1369052042663742

Conventional multipoint nonparametric linkage analysis is not necessarily inherently biased

Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2004). Conventional multipoint nonparametric linkage analysis is not necessarily inherently biased. American Journal of Human Genetics, 75 (4), 718-720. doi: 10.1086/424755

Power of the classical twin design revisited

Visscher, Peter M. (2004). Power of the classical twin design revisited. Twin Research, 7 (5), 505-512. doi: 10.1375/1369052042335250

Mapping of quantitative trait loci for growth and carcass traits in commercial sheep populations

Walling, GA, Visscher, PM, Wilson, AD, McTeir, BL, Simm, G and Bishop, SC (2004). Mapping of quantitative trait loci for growth and carcass traits in commercial sheep populations. Journal of Animal Science, 82 (8), 2234-2245.

Prediction of the confidence interval of quantitative trait loci location

Visscher, PM and Goddard, ME (2004). Prediction of the confidence interval of quantitative trait loci location. Behavior Genetics, 34 (4), 477-482. doi: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000023652.93162.e8

Theoretical and empirical power of regression and maximum-likelihood methods to map quantitative trait loci in general pedigrees

Yu, XJ, Knott, SA and Visscher, PM (2004). Theoretical and empirical power of regression and maximum-likelihood methods to map quantitative trait loci in general pedigrees. American Journal of Human Genetics, 75 (1), 17-26. doi: 10.1086/421845

Apolipoprotein E gene variability and cognitive functions at age 79: A follow-up of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932

Deary, IJ, Whiteman, MC, Pattie, A, Starr, JM, Hayward, C, Wright, AF, Visscher, PM, Tynan, MC and Whalley, LJ (2004). Apolipoprotein E gene variability and cognitive functions at age 79: A follow-up of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932. Psychology and Aging, 19 (2), 367-371. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.2.367

Linkage disequilibrium in the domesticated pig

Nsengimana, J, Baret, P, Haley, CS and Visscher, PM (2004). Linkage disequilibrium in the domesticated pig. Genetics, 166 (3), 1395-1404. doi: 10.1534/genetics.166.3.1395

Power of direct vs. indirect haplotyping in association studies

Thomas, S, Porteous, D and Visscher, PM (2004). Power of direct vs. indirect haplotyping in association studies. Genetic Epidemiology, 26 (2), 116-124. doi: 10.1002/gepi.10300

Extent of linkage disequilibrium in a Sardinian sub-isolate: sampling and methodological considerations

Tenesa, A, Wright, AF, Knott, SA, Carothers, AD, Hayward, C, Angius, A, Persico, , Maestrale, G, Hastie, ND, Pirastu, M and Visscher, PM (2004). Extent of linkage disequilibrium in a Sardinian sub-isolate: sampling and methodological considerations. Human Molecular Genetics, 13 (1), 25-33. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddh001

QTL detection and allelic effects for growth and fat traits in outbred pig populations

Nagamine, Y, Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (2004). QTL detection and allelic effects for growth and fat traits in outbred pig populations. Genetics Selection Evolution, 36 (1), 83-96. doi: 10.1051/gse:2003052

Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on adult body size, shape, and composition

Schousboe, K, Visscher, PM, Erbas, B, Kyvik, KO, Hopper, JL, Henriksen, JE, Heitmann, BL and Sorensen, TIA (2004). Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on adult body size, shape, and composition. International Journal of Obesity, 28 (1), 39-48. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802524

Longitudinal variance-components analysis of the Framingham Heart Study data

Macgregor, Stuart, Knott, Sara A, White, Ian, Visscher, Peter M and Framingham Heart Study, (2003). Longitudinal variance-components analysis of the Framingham Heart Study data. BMC genetics, 4 Suppl 1 S22, S22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-4-S1-S22

Power of linkage disequilibrium mapping to detect a quantitative trait locus (QTL) in selected samples of unrelated individuals

Tenesa, A, Knott, SA, Carothers, AD and Visscher, PM (2003). Power of linkage disequilibrium mapping to detect a quantitative trait locus (QTL) in selected samples of unrelated individuals. Annals of Human Genetics, 67 (6), 557-566. doi: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00058.x

Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on glucose tolerance and indices of insulin sensitivity and secretion

Schousboe, K, Visscher, PM, Henriksen, JE, Hopper, JL, Sorensen, TIA and Kyvik, KO (2003). Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on glucose tolerance and indices of insulin sensitivity and secretion. Diabetologia, 46 (9), 1276-1283. doi: 10.1007/s00125-003-1165-x

Lack of association between polymorphisms in angiotensin-converting-enzyme and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes and normal cognitive ageing in humans

Visscher, PM, Tynan, M, Whiteman, MC, Pattie, A, White, , Hayward, C, Wright, AF, Starr, JM, Whalley, LJ and Deary, IJ (2003). Lack of association between polymorphisms in angiotensin-converting-enzyme and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes and normal cognitive ageing in humans. Neuroscience Letters, 347 (3), 175-178. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00691-8

Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder

Segurado, R, Detera-Wadleigh, SD, Levinson, DF, Lewis, CM, Gill, M, Nurnberg, JI, Craddock, N, DePaulo, , Baron, M, Gershon, ES, Ekholm, J, Cichon, S, Turecki, G, Claes, S, Kelsoe, , Schofield, PR, Badenhop, RF, Morissette, J, Coon, H, Blackwood, D, McInnes, LA, Foroud, T, Edenberg, HJ, Reich, T, Rice, JP, Goate, A, McInnis, MG, McMahon, FJ, Badner, JA ... Akarsu, N (2003). Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder. American Journal of Human Genetics, 73 (1), 49-62. doi: 10.1086/376547

Candidate gene analysis for quantitative traits using the transmission disequilibrium test: The example of the melanocortin 4-receptor in pigs

Hernandez-Sanchez, J, Visscher, P, Plastow, G and Haley, C (2003). Candidate gene analysis for quantitative traits using the transmission disequilibrium test: The example of the melanocortin 4-receptor in pigs. Genetics, 164 (2), 637-644.

Simple method to analyze SNP-based association studies using DNA pools

Visscher, PM and Le Hellard, S (2003). Simple method to analyze SNP-based association studies using DNA pools. Genetic Epidemiology, 24 (4), 291-296. doi: 10.1002/gepi.10240

Novel multilocus measure of linkage disequilibrium to estimate past effective population size

Hayes, Ben J., Visscher, Peter M., McPartlan, Helen C. and Goddard, Mike E. (2003). Novel multilocus measure of linkage disequilibrium to estimate past effective population size. Genome Research, 13 (4), 635-643. doi: 10.1101/gr.387103

Analyses for the presence of a major gene affecting uterine capacity in unilaterally ovariectomized rabbits

Argente, MJ, Blasco, A, Ortega, JA, Haley, CS and Visscher, PM (2003). Analyses for the presence of a major gene affecting uterine capacity in unilaterally ovariectomized rabbits. Genetics, 163 (3), 1061-1068.

Estimation of linkage disequilibrium in a sample of the United Kingdom dairy cattle population using unphased genotypes

Tenesa, A, Knott, SA, Ward, D, Smith, D, Williams, JL and Visscher, PM (2003). Estimation of linkage disequilibrium in a sample of the United Kingdom dairy cattle population using unphased genotypes. Journal of Animal Science, 81 (3), 617-623.

Genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder: Strategies to identify candidate

Porteous, DJ, Evans, KL, Millar, JK, Pickard, BS, Thomson, PA, James, R, MacGregor, S, Wray, NR, Visscher, PM, Muir, WJ and Blackwood, DH (2003). Genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder: Strategies to identify candidate. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology, 68, 383-394. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2003.68.383

Is schizophrenia linked to chromosome 1q?

Macgregor, S, Visscher, PM, Knott, S, Porteous, D, Muir, W, Millar, K and Blackwood, D (2002). Is schizophrenia linked to chromosome 1q?. Science, 298 (5602), 2277-2277.

A genome scan for quantitative trait loci in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Slate, J, Visscher, PM, MacGregor, S, Stevens, D, Tate, ML and Pemberton, JM (2002). A genome scan for quantitative trait loci in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus). Genetics, 162 (4), 1863-1873.

Simple deterministic identity-by-descent coefficients and estimation of QTL allelic effects in full and half sibs

Nagamine, Y, Knott, SA, Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (2002). Simple deterministic identity-by-descent coefficients and estimation of QTL allelic effects in full and half sibs. Genetical Research, 80 (3), 237-243. doi: 10.1017/S0016672302005918

Erratum: Increased rate of twins among affected sib pairs (American Journal of Human Genetics (October 2002) 71 (995-996))

Visscher, Peter (2002). Erratum: Increased rate of twins among affected sib pairs (American Journal of Human Genetics (October 2002) 71 (995-996)). American Journal of Human Genetics, 71 (5). doi: 10.1086/344211

Estimation of pedigree errors in the UK dairy population using microsatellite markers and the impact on selection

Visscher, PM, Woolliams, JA, Smith, D and Williams, JL (2002). Estimation of pedigree errors in the UK dairy population using microsatellite markers and the impact on selection. Journal of Dairy Science, 85 (9), 2368-2375. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74317-8

SNP genotyping on pooled DNAs: comparison of genotyping technologies and a semi automated method for data storage and analysis

Le Hellard, Stéphanie, Ballereau, Stéphane J, Visscher, Peter M, Torrance, Helen S, Pinson, Jeni, Morris, Stewart W, Thomson, Marian L, Semple, Colin A M, Muir, Walter J, Blackwood, Douglas H R, Porteous, David J and Evans, Kathryn L (2002). SNP genotyping on pooled DNAs: comparison of genotyping technologies and a semi automated method for data storage and analysis. Nucleic acids research, 30 (15). doi: 10.1093/nar/gnf070

SNP genotyping on pooled DNAs: comparison of genotyping technologies and a semi automated method for data storage and analysis

Le Hellard, Stéphanie, Ballereau, Stéphane J, Visscher, Peter M, Torrance, Helen S, Pinson, Jeni, Morris, Stewart W, Thomson, Marian L, Semple, Colin A M, Muir, Walter J, Blackwood, Douglas H R, Porteous, David J and Evans, Kathryn L (2002). SNP genotyping on pooled DNAs: comparison of genotyping technologies and a semi automated method for data storage and analysis. Nucleic acids research, 30 (15)

Heritability, reliability of genetic evaluations and response to selection in proportional hazard models

Yazdi, MH, Visscher, PM, Ducrocq, and Thompson, R (2002). Heritability, reliability of genetic evaluations and response to selection in proportional hazard models. Journal of Dairy Science, 85 (6), 1563-1577. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74226-4

On the mapping of quantitative trait loci at marker and non-marker locations

Walling, GA, Haley, CS, Perez-Enciso, M, Thompson, R and Visscher, PM (2002). On the mapping of quantitative trait loci at marker and non-marker locations. Genetical Research, 79 (1), 97-106. doi: 10.1017/S0016672301005420

Parental assignment in fish using microsatellite genetic markers with finite numbers of parents and offspring

Villanueva, B, Verspoor, E and Visscher, PM (2002). Parental assignment in fish using microsatellite genetic markers with finite numbers of parents and offspring. Animal Genetics, 33 (1), 33-41. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00804.x

QTL Express: mapping quantitative trait loci in of simple and complex pedigrees

Seaton, G, Haley, CS, Knott, SA, Kearsey, M and Visscher, PM (2002). QTL Express: mapping quantitative trait loci in of simple and complex pedigrees. Bioinformatics, 18 (2), 339-340. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.2.339

Discussion on the meeting on 'Statistical modelling and analysis of genetic data'

Balding, DJ, Carothers, AD, Marchini, JL, Cardon, LR, Vetta, A, Griffiths, B, Weir, BS, Hill, WG, Goldstein, D, Strimmer, K, Myers, S, Beaumont, MA, Glasbey, CA, Mayer, CD, Richardson, S, Marshall, C, Durrett, R, Nielsen, R, Visscher, PM, Knott, SA, Haley, CS, Ball, RD, Hackett, CA, Holmes, S, Husmeier, D, Jansen, RC, ter Braak, CJF, Maliepaard, CA, Boer, MP ... Gabrielson, E (2002). Discussion on the meeting on 'Statistical modelling and analysis of genetic data'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B-Statistical Methodology, 64, 737-775.

Discussion on the meeting on 'statistical modelling and analysis of genetic data'

Balding, David J., Carothers, Andrew D., Marchini, Jonathan L., Cardon, Lon R., Vetta, Atam, Griffiths, Bob, Weir, B. S., Hill, W. G., Goldstein, Darlene, Strimmer, Korbinian, Myers, Simon, Beaumont, Mark A., Glasbey, C. A., Mayer, C. D., Richardson, Sylvia, Marshall, Clare, Durrett, Richard, Nielsen, Rasmus, Visscher, P. M., Knott, S. A., Haley, C. S., Ball, Roderick D., Hackett, Christine A., Holmes, Susan, Husmeier, Dirk, Jansen, Ritsert C., Ter Braak, Cajo J.F., Maliepaard, Chris A., Boer, Martin P. ... Gabrielson, Edward (2002). Discussion on the meeting on 'statistical modelling and analysis of genetic data'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology, 64 (4), 737-775. doi: 10.1111/1467-9868.00359

Erratum: Power of regression and maximum likelihood methods to map QTL from sib-pair and DZ twin data (Annals of Human Genetics (2001) vol. 65 (6))

Visscher, P. M. and Hopper, J. L. (2002). Erratum: Power of regression and maximum likelihood methods to map QTL from sib-pair and DZ twin data (Annals of Human Genetics (2001) vol. 65 (6)). Annals of Human Genetics, 66 (1) S0003480002009417, ii-ii. doi: 10.1017/S0003480002009417

Increased rate of twins among affected sib pairs

Visscher, Peter M (2002). Increased rate of twins among affected sib pairs. American journal of human genetics, 71 (4). doi: 10.1086/342991

Power of regression and maximum likelihood methods to map QTL from sib-pair and DZ twin data

Visscher, PM and Hopper, JL (2001). Power of regression and maximum likelihood methods to map QTL from sib-pair and DZ twin data. Annals of Human Genetics, 65 (6), 583-601. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2001.6560583.x

Genetic survival analysis of age-at-onset of bipolar disorder: evidence for anticipation or cohort effect in families

Visscher, PM, Yazdi, MH, Jackson, AD, Schalling, M, Lindblad, K, Yuan, QP, Porteous, D, Muir, WJ and Blackwood, DHR (2001). Genetic survival analysis of age-at-onset of bipolar disorder: evidence for anticipation or cohort effect in families. Psychiatric Genetics, 11 (3), 129-137. doi: 10.1097/00041444-200109000-00004

Genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder in large families

Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Visscher, Peter M. and Muir, Walter J. (2001). Genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder in large families. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 178 (Suppl 41), S134-S136. doi: 10.1192/bjp.178.41.s134

True and false positive peaks in genomewide scans: The long and the short of it

Visscher, P and Haley, C (2001). True and false positive peaks in genomewide scans: The long and the short of it. Genetic Epidemiology, 20 (4), 409-414. doi: 10.1002/gepi.1010

Bias and power in the estimation of a maternal family variance component in the presence of incomplete and incorrect pedigree information

Roughsedge, T, Brotherstone, S and Visscher, PM (2001). Bias and power in the estimation of a maternal family variance component in the presence of incomplete and incorrect pedigree information. Journal of Dairy Science, 84 (4), 944-950. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74552-3

erratum: A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle

Visscher, P.M. (2001). erratum: A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle. Nature, 410 (6824), 36-36. doi: 10.1038/35065164

A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle - Deleterious alleles seem to have been purged in a feral strain of inbred cows.

Visscher, PM, Smith, D, Hall, SJG and Williams, JA (2001). A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle - Deleterious alleles seem to have been purged in a feral strain of inbred cows.. Nature, 409 (6818), 303-303. doi: 10.1038/35053160

Genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder in large families

Blackwood, D. H., Visscher, P. M. and Muir, W. J. (2001). Genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder in large families. British Journal of Psychiatry, 178 (Suppl. 141), s134-s136.

Mapping quantitative trait loci in complex pedigrees: A two-step variance component approach

George, AW, Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (2000). Mapping quantitative trait loci in complex pedigrees: A two-step variance component approach. Genetics, 156 (4), 2081-2092.

Genetic survival analysis of age-at-onset of bipolar disorder: Evidence for anticipation and a year-of-birth effect in families

Visscher, P., Yazdi, H., Jackson, A., Schalling, M., Porteous, D., Muir, W. and Blackwood, D. (2000). Genetic survival analysis of age-at-onset of bipolar disorder: Evidence for anticipation and a year-of-birth effect in families. American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 96 (4)

Effects of cow families on production traits in dairy cattle

Roughsedge, T, Visscher, PM and Brotherstone, S (2000). Effects of cow families on production traits in dairy cattle. Animal Science, 71 (1), 49-57. doi: 10.1017/S1357729800054886

Combined analyses of data from quantitative trait loci mapping studies: Chromosome 4 effects on porcine growth and fatness

Walling, G. A., Visscher, P. M., Andersson, L., Rothschild, M. F., Wang, L. Z., Moser, G., Groenen, M. A. M., Bidanel, J. P., Cepica, S., Archibald, A. L., Geldermann, H., de Koning, D. J., Milan, D. and Haley, C. S. (2000). Combined analyses of data from quantitative trait loci mapping studies: Chromosome 4 effects on porcine growth and fatness. Genetics, 155 (3), 1369-1378.

Effects of cow families on type traits in dairy cattle

Roughsedge, T, Brotherstone, S and Visscher, PM (2000). Effects of cow families on type traits in dairy cattle. Animal Science, 70 (3), 391-398. doi: 10.1017/S1357729800051730

A comparison of a linear and proportional hazards approach to analyse discrete longevity data in dairy cows

Lubbers, R, Brotherstone, S, Ducrocq, VP and Visscher, PM (2000). A comparison of a linear and proportional hazards approach to analyse discrete longevity data in dairy cows. Animal Science, 70 (2), 197-206. doi: 10.1017/S1357729800054667

Mapping multiple QTL of different effects: comparison of a simple sequential testing strategy and multiple QTL mapping

Visscher, P, Whittaker, J and Jansen, R (2000). Mapping multiple QTL of different effects: comparison of a simple sequential testing strategy and multiple QTL mapping. Molecular Breeding, 6 (1), 11-24. doi: 10.1023/A:1009612308004

Power to detect QTL in a free-living polygynous population

Slate, J, Pemberton, JM and Visscher, PM (1999). Power to detect QTL in a free-living polygynous population. Heredity, 83 (3), 327-336. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885830

Speed congenics: accelerated genome recovery using genetic markers

Visscher, PM (1999). Speed congenics: accelerated genome recovery using genetic markers. Genetical Research, 74 (1), 81-85. doi: 10.1017/S0016672399003857

Quantifying genetic contributions to a dairy cattle population using pedigree analysis

Roughsedge, T, Brotherstone, S and Visscher, PM (1999). Quantifying genetic contributions to a dairy cattle population using pedigree analysis. Livestock Production Science, 60 (2-3), 359-369. doi: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00106-2

Detecting QTLs for uni- and bipolar disorder using a variance component method

Visscher, PM, Haley, CS, Heath, SC, Muir, WJ and Blackwood, DHR (1999). Detecting QTLs for uni- and bipolar disorder using a variance component method. Psychiatric Genetics, 9 (2), 75-84. doi: 10.1097/00041444-199906000-00005

Estimation of variance of maternal lineage effects at the Langhill dairy herd

Roughsedge, T, Brotherstone, S and Visscher, PM (1999). Estimation of variance of maternal lineage effects at the Langhill dairy herd. Animal Science, 68 (1), 79-86.

On the efficiency of marker-assisted introgression

Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (1999). On the efficiency of marker-assisted introgression. Animal Science, 68 (1), 59-68.

Mapping of quantitative trait loci on porcine chromosome 4

Walling, GA, Archibald, AL, Cattermole, JA, Downing, AC, Finlayson, HA, Nicholson, D, Visscher, PM, Walker, CA and Haley, CS (1998). Mapping of quantitative trait loci on porcine chromosome 4. Animal Genetics, 29 (6), 415-424. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.296360.x

Detecting QTLS for uni and bipolar disorder using a variance component method

Visscher, P. M., Haley, C. S., Heath, S. C., Muir, W. J. and Blackwood, D. H.R. (1998). Detecting QTLS for uni and bipolar disorder using a variance component method. American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 81 (6)

A nonparametric bootstrap method for testing close linkage vs. pleiotrophy of coincident quantitative trait loci

Lebreton, CH, Visscher, PM, Haley, CS, Semikhodskii, A and Quarrie, SA (1998). A nonparametric bootstrap method for testing close linkage vs. pleiotrophy of coincident quantitative trait loci. Genetics, 150 (2), 931-943.

A strategy for QTL detection in half-sib populations

de Koning, DJ, Visscher, PM, Knott, SA and Haley, CS (1998). A strategy for QTL detection in half-sib populations. Animal Science, 67 (2), 257-268. doi: 10.1017/S1357729800010018

On the use of linear regression and maximum likelihood for QTL mapping in half-sib designs

Baret, PV, Knott, SA and Visscher, PM (1998). On the use of linear regression and maximum likelihood for QTL mapping in half-sib designs. Genetical Research, 72 (2), 149-158. doi: 10.1017/S0016672398003450

Power of a chromosomal test to detect genetic variation using genetic markers

Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (1998). Power of a chromosomal test to detect genetic variation using genetic markers. Heredity, 81 (3), 317-326. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00398.x

Strategies to utilize marker-quantitative trait loci associations

Haley, CS and Visscher, PM (1998). Strategies to utilize marker-quantitative trait loci associations. Journal of Dairy Science, 81, 85-97. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)70157-2

On the sampling variance of intraclass correlations and genetic correlations

Visscher, P M (1998). On the sampling variance of intraclass correlations and genetic correlations. Genetics, 149 (3), 1605-1614.

On the sampling variance of intraclass correlations and genetic correlations

Visscher, PM (1998). On the sampling variance of intraclass correlations and genetic correlations. Genetics, 149 (3), 1605-1614.

A comparison of bootstrap methods to construct confidence intervals in QTL mapping

Walling, GA, Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (1998). A comparison of bootstrap methods to construct confidence intervals in QTL mapping. Genetical Research, 71 (2), 171-180. doi: 10.1017/S0016672398003164

Empirical nonparametric bootstrap strategies in quantitative trait loci mapping: Conditioning on the genetic model

Lebreton, CM and Visscher, PM (1998). Empirical nonparametric bootstrap strategies in quantitative trait loci mapping: Conditioning on the genetic model. Genetics, 148 (1), 525-535.

Marker-assisted introgression using non-unique marker alleles .1. Selection on the presence of linked marker alleles

vanHeelsum, AM, Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (1997). Marker-assisted introgression using non-unique marker alleles .1. Selection on the presence of linked marker alleles. Animal Genetics, 28 (3), 181-187. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1997.00112.x

Marker-assisted introgression using non-unique marker alleles .2. Selection on probability of presence of the introgressed allele

vanHeelsum, AM, Haley, CS and Visscher, PM (1997). Marker-assisted introgression using non-unique marker alleles .2. Selection on probability of presence of the introgressed allele. Animal Genetics, 28 (3), 188-194. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1997.00113.x

Marker-assisted introgression in backcross breeding programs

Visscher, PM, Haley, CS and Thompson, R (1996). Marker-assisted introgression in backcross breeding programs. Genetics, 144 (4), 1923-1932.

Detection of putative quantitative trait loci in line crosses under infinitesimal genetic models

Visscher, PM and Haley, CS (1996). Detection of putative quantitative trait loci in line crosses under infinitesimal genetic models. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 93 (5-6), 691-702. doi: 10.1007/BF00224064

Mapping QTLs for binary traits in backcross and F-2 populations

Visscher, PM, Haley, CS and Knott, SA (1996). Mapping QTLs for binary traits in backcross and F-2 populations. Genetical Research, 68 (1), 55-63. doi: 10.1017/S0016672300033887

On the mapping of QTL by regression of phenotype on marker-type

Whittaker, JC, Thompson, R and Visscher, PM (1996). On the mapping of QTL by regression of phenotype on marker-type. Heredity, 77 (1), 23-32. doi: 10.1038/hdy.1996.104

Confidence intervals in QTL mapping by bootstrapping

Visscher, PM, Thompson, R and Haley, CS (1996). Confidence intervals in QTL mapping by bootstrapping. Genetics, 143 (2), 1013-1020.

Customized selection indices for dairy bulls in Australia

Bowman, PJ, Visscher, PM and Goddard, ME (1996). Customized selection indices for dairy bulls in Australia. Animal Science, 62 (3), 393-403. doi: 10.1017/S1357729800014946

Proportion of the variation in genetic composition in backcrossing programs explained by genetic markers

Visscher, PM (1996). Proportion of the variation in genetic composition in backcrossing programs explained by genetic markers. Journal of Heredity, 87 (2), 136-138. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a022969

Haplotype frequencies of linked loci in backcross populations derived from inbred lines

Visscher, PM and Thompson, R (1995). Haplotype frequencies of linked loci in backcross populations derived from inbred lines. Heredity, 75 (6), 644-649. doi: 10.1038/hdy.1995.184

GENETIC ANALYSES OF PROFIT FOR AUSTRALIAN DAIRY-CATTLE

VISSCHER, PM and GODDARD, ME (1995). GENETIC ANALYSES OF PROFIT FOR AUSTRALIAN DAIRY-CATTLE. Animal Science, 61 (1), 9-18. doi: 10.1017/S1357729800013461

GENETIC-PARAMETERS FOR MILK-YIELD, SURVIVAL WORKABILITY, AND TYPE TRAITS FOR AUSTRALIAN DAIRY-CATTLE

VISSCHER, PM and GODDARD, ME (1995). GENETIC-PARAMETERS FOR MILK-YIELD, SURVIVAL WORKABILITY, AND TYPE TRAITS FOR AUSTRALIAN DAIRY-CATTLE. Journal of Dairy Science, 78 (1), 205-220. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(95)76630-9

BREEDING OBJECTIVES FOR PASTURE BASED DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

VISSCHER, PM, BOWMAN, PJ and GODDARD, ME (1994). BREEDING OBJECTIVES FOR PASTURE BASED DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. Livestock Production Science, 40 (2), 123-137. doi: 10.1016/0301-6226(94)90042-6

COMPARISONS BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANCES ESTIMATED FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF RELATIVES IN DAIRY-CATTLE

VISSCHER, PM and THOMPSON, R (1992). COMPARISONS BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANCES ESTIMATED FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF RELATIVES IN DAIRY-CATTLE. Animal Production, 55 (3), 315-320. doi: 10.1017/S0003356100021000

HETEROGENEITY OF VARIANCE AND DAIRY-CATTLE BREEDING

VISSCHER, PM and HILL, WG (1992). HETEROGENEITY OF VARIANCE AND DAIRY-CATTLE BREEDING. Animal Production, 55 (3), 321-329. doi: 10.1017/S0003356100021012

POWER OF LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS FOR HETEROGENEITY OF INTRACLASS CORRELATION AND VARIANCE IN BALANCED HALF-SIB DESIGNS

VISSCHER, PM (1992). POWER OF LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS FOR HETEROGENEITY OF INTRACLASS CORRELATION AND VARIANCE IN BALANCED HALF-SIB DESIGNS. Journal of Dairy Science, 75 (5), 1320-1330. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(92)77883-7

ESTIMATION OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCES FOR FAT YIELD IN INDIVIDUAL HERDS AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO HETEROGENEITY OF VARIANCE BETWEEN HERDS

VISSCHER, PM, THOMPSON, R and HILL, WG (1991). ESTIMATION OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCES FOR FAT YIELD IN INDIVIDUAL HERDS AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO HETEROGENEITY OF VARIANCE BETWEEN HERDS. Livestock Production Science, 28 (4), 273-290. doi: 10.1016/0301-6226(91)90010-N

ON THE ESTIMATION OF VARIANCES WITHIN HERD-MEAN PRODUCTION GROUPS

VISSCHER, PM (1991). ON THE ESTIMATION OF VARIANCES WITHIN HERD-MEAN PRODUCTION GROUPS. Journal of Dairy Science, 74 (6), 1987-1992. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78367-7

Association and prediction of phenotypic traits from neuroimaging data using a multi-component mixed model excluding the target vertex

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Colliot, Olivier (2021). Association and prediction of phenotypic traits from neuroimaging data using a multi-component mixed model excluding the target vertex. Conference on Medical Imaging - Image Processing, Online, 15-19 February, 2021. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2581022

Linear mixed models minimise false positive rate and enhance precision of mass univariate vertex-wise analyses of grey-matter

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Colliot, Olivier and Yang, Jian (2020). Linear mixed models minimise false positive rate and enhance precision of mass univariate vertex-wise analyses of grey-matter. 17th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Iowa City, IA, United States, 3-7 April, 2020 . Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/ISBI45749.2020.9098719

Common genetic variation explains a high proportion of the elevated risk of psychiatric disorders in children of younger mothers

Gratten, Jacob, Yang, Yuanhao, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Kemper, Kathryn, Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, Zhang, Futao, Zhu, Zhihong, Mcrae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi and Visscher, Peter (2019). Common genetic variation explains a high proportion of the elevated risk of psychiatric disorders in children of younger mothers. 26th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October, 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.167

Effects of assortative mating on estimates of SNP heritability

Keller, Matthew, de Candia, Teresa, Jones, Matt, Tahmasbi, Rasool, Evans, Luke, Evans, David, Eaves, Lindon, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter and Goddard, Mike (2019). Effects of assortative mating on estimates of SNP heritability. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, FL, United States, 13-17 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.016

Equivalence of LD-score regression and individual-level-data methods

de Vlaming, R., Johannesson, M., Magnusson, P. K. E., Ikram, M. A. and Visscher, P. M. (2019). Equivalence of LD-score regression and individual-level-data methods. 51st Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) in conjunction with the European Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Genetics (EMPAG), Milan, Italy, 16-19 June 2018 . London, United Kingdom: Nature Publishing Group.

Exploring the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders using partitioned heritability approaches

Evans, Luke, Border, Richard, du Pont, Alta, Friedman, Naomi, Johnson, Emma, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter and Keller, Matthew (2019). Exploring the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders using partitioned heritability approaches. 26th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October 2018. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.032

Inter-individual cortical and subcortical similarity is associated with differences in psychiatric, cognition and socio-economic traits

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Strike, Lachlan, Zhang, Futao, Wray, Naomi, Wright, Margaret, Visscher, Peter and Yang, Jian (2019). Inter-individual cortical and subcortical similarity is associated with differences in psychiatric, cognition and socio-economic traits. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, FL, United States, 13-17 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.140

The genetic liability for insomnia is associated with the number of awakenings during sleep in young and healthy individuals

Ghaemmaghami, P., Muto, V., Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Elansary, M., Van Egroo, M., Berthomier, C., Lambot, E., Brandewinder, M., Luxen, A., Degueldre, C., Salmon, E., Archer, S., Phillips, C., Dijk, D. -J., Visscher, P., Posthuma, D., Van Someren, E., Collette, F., Georges, M., Maquet, P. and Vandewalle, G. (2018). The genetic liability for insomnia is associated with the number of awakenings during sleep in young and healthy individuals. 24th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society (ESRS), Basel Switzerland, Sep 25-28, 2018. HOBOKEN: WILEY.

Evolutionary history and adaptation from high-coverage whole-genome sequences of the pygmy population of Flores, Indonesia

Tucci, Serena, McCoy, Rajiv, Vernot, Benjamin, Vohr, Sam, Robinson, Matthew R., Barbieri, Chiara, Fu, Wenqing, Sudoyo, Herawati, Visscher, Peter M., Barbujani, Guido, Akey, Joshua M. and Green, Richard E. (2018). Evolutionary history and adaptation from high-coverage whole-genome sequences of the pygmy population of Flores, Indonesia. 87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA), Austin, TX, United States, 11-14 April 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation

Chundru, V. Kartik, Marioni, Riccardo E., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2018). Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation. Human Genome Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 12-15 March 2018. London, United Kingdom: Henry Stewart Publications. doi: 10.1186/s40246-018-0138-6

Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology

Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Yang, Jian (2018). Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology. 27th Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES), San Diego, CA, United States, 14-16 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, Mcrae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. 48th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Boston MA, United States, 20-23 June 2018. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.

GWAS of educational attainment: phase 3-main results

Okbay, Aysu, Wedow, Robbee, Kong, Edward, Turley, Patrick, Lee, James, Zacher, Meghan, Thom, Kevin, Anh Tuan Nguyen, , Maghzian, Omeed, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Robinson, Matthew, Visscher, Peter, Benjamin, Daniel and Cesarini, David (2017). GWAS of educational attainment: phase 3-main results. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo Norway, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2017. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Equivalence of LD-score regression and individual-level-data methods

de Vlaming, Ronald, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Ikram, M. Arfan and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Equivalence of LD-score regression and individual-level-data methods. 47th Behavior Genetics Annual Meeting, Oslo, Norway, 28 June - 29 September 2017. New York, NY, United States: Springer . doi: 10.1007/s10519-017-9879-6

Evidence for genetic overlap between schizophrenia and maternal age at first birth

Mehta, Divya, Tropf, Felix, Gratten, Jacob, Bacanu, Silviu, Bakshi, Andrew, Mowry, Bryan, Kendler, Kenneth, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter, McGrath, John, Mills, Melinda, Wray, Naomi and Lee, Sang Hong (2017). Evidence for genetic overlap between schizophrenia and maternal age at first birth. 23rd Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Toronto, ON, Canada, 16-20 October 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.09.010

Fifty Years of Twin Studies On Psychiatric Traits Show That for the Majority of Traits Genetic Variation Is Mostly Additive

Posthuma, Danielle, Benyamin, Beben, de Leeuw, Christiaan, Sullivan, Patrick, van Bochoven, Arjen, Polderman, Tinca and Visscher, Peter (2017). Fifty Years of Twin Studies On Psychiatric Traits Show That for the Majority of Traits Genetic Variation Is Mostly Additive. 23rd Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Toronto Canada, 16-20 October 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.

GWAS of educational attainment, phase 3: biological findings

Lee, James, Okbay, Aysu, Wedow, Robbee, Kong, Edward, Turley, Patrick, Zacher, Meghan, Thom, Kevin, Anh Tuan Nguyen Viet,, Maghzian, Omeed, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Robinson, Matthew, Visscher, Peter, Benjamin, Daniel and Cesarini, David (2017). GWAS of educational attainment, phase 3: biological findings. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo, Norway, 28 June - 1 July 2017. New York, NY, United States: Springer.

GWAS of educational attainment, phase 3: prediction

Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Turley, Patrick, Lee, James, Zacher, Meghan, Thom, Kevin, Anh Tuan Nguyen,, Maghzian, Omeed, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Robinson, Matthew, Visscher, Peter, Cesarini, David and Benjamin, Daniel (2017). GWAS of educational attainment, phase 3: prediction. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo Norway, June 28 - July 1 2017. New York, NY, United States: Springer.

MTAG: multi-trait analysis of GWAS implicates novel loci for depressive symptoms, neuroticism, and subjective well-being

Walters, Raymond, Turley, Patrick, Maghzian, Omeed, Okbay, Aysu, Lee, James, Fontana, Mark, Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet,, Furlotte, Nicholas, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oskarsson, Sven, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter, Laibson, David, Cesarini, David, Neale, Benjamin and Benjamin, Daniel (2017). MTAG: multi-trait analysis of GWAS implicates novel loci for depressive symptoms, neuroticism, and subjective well-being. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo, Norway, 28 June - 1 July 2017. New York, NY, United States: Springer.

Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in autosomal gene expression

Kassam, Irfahan, Wu, Yang, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2017). Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in autosomal gene expression. Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society (IGES), Cambridge, England, 9-11 September 2017. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22062

Multivariate Genetic Risk Scores Can Increase Risk Prediction Accuracy for a wide Range of Traits

Maier, Robert, Robinson, Matt, Wray, Naomi and Visscher, Peter (2016). Multivariate Genetic Risk Scores Can Increase Risk Prediction Accuracy for a wide Range of Traits. Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society, Toronto Canada, 24-26 October 2016. United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Pleiotropy with educational attainment: results based on a GWAS with 300,000 individuals

Beauchamp, Jonathan, Turley, Patrick, Fontana, Mark, Okbay, Aysu, Lee, James, Rietveld, Cornelius, de Vlaming, Ronald, Visscher, Peter, Esko, Tonu, Koellinger, Philipp, Cesarini, David and Benjamin, Daniel (2015). Pleiotropy with educational attainment: results based on a GWAS with 300,000 individuals. 45th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, San Diego, CA, United States, 20 June 2015. New York, NY, United States: Springer .

Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function?

Rietveld, Cornelius, Koellinger, Philipp, Benjamin, Daniel, Cesarini, David, Davey-Smith, George, Davies, Gail, Deary, Ian, Johannesson, Magnus, Plomin, Robert, Posthuma, D. and Visscher, Peter (2013). Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function?. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Marseille France, 28 June-02 July 2013. New York, NY United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9623-9

Biological Insights From Genetics Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Contribute To Drug Discovery

Okada, Yukinori, Wu, Di, Terao, Chikashi, Ikari, Katsunori, Kochi, Yuta, Ohmura, Koichiro, Suzuki, Akari, Yamanaka, Hisashi, Denny, Joshua C., Greenberg, Jeffrey D., Graham, Robert R., Brown, Matthew A., Bae, Sang-Cheol, Worthington, Jane, Padyukov, Leonid, Klareskog, Lars, Gregersen, Peter K., Visscher, Peter M., Siminovitch, Katherine A. and Plenge, Robert M. (2013). Biological Insights From Genetics Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Contribute To Drug Discovery. 77th Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology / 48th Annual Meeting of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, San Diego CA, United States, 25-30 October 2013. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/art.38216

Clarification of varying genetic expression and structure within adolescent monozygotic and dizygotic twins discordant for high and low attention and activity

Ebejer, Jane, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nick G., Wright, Margaret, Montgomery, Grant, Powell, Joseph, Visscher, Peter and Duffy, David (2013). Clarification of varying genetic expression and structure within adolescent monozygotic and dizygotic twins discordant for high and low attention and activity. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Marseille France, 28 June-02 July 2013. New York, NY United States: Springer New York LLC. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9623-9

Meta-analysis of Genetic Associations in up to 339,224 Individuals Identify 66 New Loci for Bmi, Confirming a Neuronal Contribution to Body Weight Regulation and Implicating Several Novel Pathways

Justice, Anne, North, Kari, Loos, Ruth, Vedantam, Sailaja, Day, Felix, Berndt, Sonja, Gustafsson, Stefan, Locke, Adam, Powell, Corey, Bratati, Kahali, Croteau-Chonka, Damien, Winkler, Thomas, Scherag, Andre, Barroso, Ines, Beckmann, Jacqui, Lindgren, Cecilia, Pers, Tune, Visscher, Peter, Willer, Cristen, Yang, Jian, Mohlke, Karen, Hirschorn, Joel, Ingelsson, Erik, Boehnke, Michael and Speliotes, Elizabeth (2013). Meta-analysis of Genetic Associations in up to 339,224 Individuals Identify 66 New Loci for Bmi, Confirming a Neuronal Contribution to Body Weight Regulation and Implicating Several Novel Pathways. Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association on Epidemiology and Prevention/Physical Activity, Nutrition and Metabolism, New Orleans La, 19 - 22 March 2013. Baltimore, MD United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Additive genetic variation in risk to schizophrenia across African American and European American populations

de Candia, Teresa, Lee, Hong, Yang, Jian, Browning, Brian, Gejman, Pablo, Levinson, Douglas, Hewitt, John, Visscher, Peter, Wray, Naomi and Keller, Matthew (2012). Additive genetic variation in risk to schizophrenia across African American and European American populations. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Edinburgh Scotland, Jun 22-25, 2012.

The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences

Benjamin, Daniel, Cesarini, David, van der Loos, Matthijs, Dawes, Chris, Koellinger, Philipp, Magnusson, Patrik, Chabris, Chris, Conley, Dalton, Laibson, David, Johannesson, Magnus and Visscher, Peter (2012). The genetic architecture of economic and political preferences. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Edinburgh Scotland, 22-25 June 2012. New York, NY United States: Springer New York LLC.

Whole genome approaches to quantitative genetics

Visscher, Peter M. (2009). Whole genome approaches to quantitative genetics. 3rd International Conference of Quantitative Genetics, Hangzhou Peoples R China, Aug 18-24, 2007. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. doi: 10.1007/s10709-008-9301-7

Precision and bias of a mixture distribution model to analyse twin data when zygosity is unknown: Simulations and application to IQ phenotypes on a large sample of twin pairs

Benyamin, Beben, Deary, Ian J. and Visscher, Peter M. (2006). Precision and bias of a mixture distribution model to analyse twin data when zygosity is unknown: Simulations and application to IQ phenotypes on a large sample of twin pairs. 36th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association, Storrs, CT, United States, 24 June 2006. New York, United States: Springer New York LLC.

Multivariate genetic analyses of phenotypes related to the metabolic syndrome

Kyvik, KO, Benyamin, B, Schousboe, K, Fenger, M, Sorensen, TIA and Visscher, P (2005). Multivariate genetic analyses of phenotypes related to the metabolic syndrome. 41st Annual Meeting of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-Diabetes, Athens Greece, Sep 10-15, 2005. SPRINGER.

Genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder in large families

Blackwood, D. H.R., Visscher, P. M. and Muir, W. J. (2001). Genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder in large families.

Impact of biotechnology on (cross)breeding programmes in pigs

Visscher, P, Pong-Wong, R, Whittemore, C and Haley, C (2000). Impact of biotechnology on (cross)breeding programmes in pigs. 49th EAAP Meeting, Warsaw Poland, Aug, 1998. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00180-3

Efficiency of marker assisted selection

Visscher, PM, Mackinnon, M and Haley, CS (1997). Efficiency of marker assisted selection. Allerton II Conference on Genetic Analysis of Economically Important Traits in Livestock, Monticello Il, Nov 06-09, 1996. NEW YORK: MARCEL DEKKER INC. doi: 10.1080/10495399709525872