Journal Article: Beyond the Global Brain Differences: Intra-individual Variability Differences in 1q21.1 Distal and 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 Deletion Carriers
Boen, Rune, Kaufmann, Tobias, van der Meer, Dennis, Frei, Oleksandr, Agartz, Ingrid, Ames, David, Andersson, Micael, Armstrong, Nicola J., Artiges, Eric, Atkins, Joshua R., Bauer, Jochen, Benedetti, Francesco, Boomsma, Dorret I., Brodaty, Henry, Brosch, Katharina, Buckner, Randy L., Cairns, Murray J., Calhoun, Vince, Caspers, Svenja, Cichon, Sven, Corvin, Aiden P., Facorro, Benedicto Crespo, Dannlowski, Udo, David, Friederike S., de Geus, Eco J.C., de Zubicaray, Greig I., Desrivières, Sylvane, Doherty, Joanne L., Donohoe, Gary ... Sonderby, Ida E. (2023). Beyond the Global Brain Differences: Intra-individual Variability Differences in 1q21.1 Distal and 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 Deletion Carriers. Biological Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.08.018
Journal Article: 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
Journal Article: An overview of DNA methylation-derived trait score methods and applications
Nabais, Marta F., Gadd, Danni A., Hannon, Eilis, Mill, Jonathan, McRae, Allan F. and Wray, Naomi R. (2023). An overview of DNA methylation-derived trait score methods and applications. Genome Biology, 24 (1) 28. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-02855-7
An Australian Sporadic ALS transcriptome resource
(2023–2024) Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
A high-throughput system to identify ALS risk genes from genome-wide association studies
(2022–2025) Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease
(2022–2025) Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
Quantitative genetics approaches to elucidate the role of DNAm methylation in complex trait variation
Doctor Philosophy
Insights into pleiotropic effects across the human genome for complex traits and diseases
Doctor Philosophy
Systems biology of motor neurone disease
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
A Cache-based data movement infrastructure for on-demand scientific cloud computing
Abramson, David, Carroll, Jake, Jin, Chao, Mallon, Michael, van Iperen, Zane, Nguyen, Hoang, McRae, Allan and Ming, Liang (2019). A Cache-based data movement infrastructure for on-demand scientific cloud computing. Supercomputing frontiers. (pp. 38-56) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-18645-6_3
Analysis of genome-wide association data
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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
An overview of DNA methylation-derived trait score methods and applications
Nabais, Marta F., Gadd, Danni A., Hannon, Eilis, Mill, Jonathan, McRae, Allan F. and Wray, Naomi R. (2023). An overview of DNA methylation-derived trait score methods and applications. Genome Biology, 24 (1) 28. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-02855-7
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Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis
Li, Zhixiu, McRae, Allan F., Wang, Geng, Ellis, Jonathan J., Whyte, Jessica, Kenna, Tony J., Brown, Matthew A. and Evans, David M. (2023). Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis. Nature Genetics, 55 (1), 14-16. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01250-5
Hillary, Robert F., McCartney, Daniel L., McRae, Allan F., Campbell, Archie, Walker, Rosie M., Hayward, Caroline, Horvath, Steve, Porteous, David J., Evans, Kathryn L. and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2022). Identification of influential probe types in epigenetic predictions of human traits: implications for microarray design. Clinical Epigenetics, 14 (1) 100. doi: 10.1186/s13148-022-01320-9
Association between DNA methylation variability and self-reported exposure to heavy metals
Freydenzon, Anna, Nabais, Marta F., Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R., Pamphlett, Roger and McRae, Allan F. (2022). Association between DNA methylation variability and self-reported exposure to heavy metals. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 10582, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13892-w
The role of critical immune genes in brain disorders: insights from neuroimaging immunogenetics
Bian, Beilei, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2022). The role of critical immune genes in brain disorders: insights from neuroimaging immunogenetics. Brain Communications, 4 (2) fcac078, fcac078. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac078
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Functional characterisation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk locus GPX3/TNIP1
Restuadi, Restuadi, Steyn, Frederik J., Kabashi, Edor, Ngo, Shyuan T., Cheng, Fei-Fei, Nabais, Marta F., Thompson, Mike J., Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Bye, Chris R., Turner, Bradley J., Ziser, Laura, Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee, Schultz, David, Kiernan, Matthew C., van Rheenen, Wouter, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Ophoff, Roel, Gusev, Alexander, Zaitlen, Noah, McRae, Allan F., Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R., Giacomotto, Jean and Garton, Fleur C. (2022). Functional characterisation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk locus GPX3/TNIP1. Genome Medicine, 14 (1) 7, 7. doi: 10.1186/s13073-021-01006-6
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
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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
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
Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming
van Dongen, Jenny, Gordon, Scott D., McRae, Allan F., Odintsova, Veronika V., Mbarek, Hamdi, Breeze, Charles E., Sugden, Karen, Lundgren, Sara, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan E., Hannon, Eilis, Moffitt, Terrie E., Hagenbeek, Fiona A., van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M., Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Tsai, Pei-Chien, van Dongen, Jenny, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, McRae, Allan F., Sugden, Karen, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan E., Hannon, Eilis, Moffitt, Terrie E., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Geus, Eco J. C., Spector, Timothy D., Min, Josine L., Hemani, Gibran, Ehli, Erik A., Paul, Franziska ... Genetics of DNA Methylation Consortium (2021). Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 5618, 5618. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25583-7
Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation
Min, Josine L., Hemani, Gibran, Hannon, Eilis, Dekkers, Koen F., Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, Luijk, René, Carnero-Montoro, Elena, Lawson, Daniel J., Burrows, Kimberley, Suderman, Matthew, Bretherick, Andrew D., Richardson, Tom G., Klughammer, Johanna, Iotchkova, Valentina, Sharp, Gemma, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Shatunov, Aleksey, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, McArdle, Wendy L., Ho, Karen M., Kumar, Ashish, Söderhäll, Cilla, Soriano-Tárraga, Carolina, Giralt-Steinhauer, Eva, Kazmi, Nabila, Mason, Dan, McRae, Allan F., Corcoran, David L., Sugden, Karen ... BIOS Consortium (2021). Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation. Nature Genetics, 53 (9), 1311-1321. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00923-x
Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci
Hemani, Gibran, Powell, Joseph E., Wang, Huanwei, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Westra, Harm-Jan, Esko, Tonu, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Franke, Lude, Montgomery, Grant W., Goddard, Michael E., Gibson, Greg, Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci. Nature, 596 (7871), E1-E3. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03765-z
Using monozygotic twins to dissect common genes in posttraumatic stress disorder and migraine
Bainomugisa, Charlotte K., Sutherland, Heidi G., Parker, Richard, Mcrae, Allan F., Haupt, Larisa M., Griffiths, Lyn R., Heath, Andrew, Nelson, Elliot C., Wright, Margaret J., Hickie, Ian B., Martin, Nicholas G., Nyholt, Dale R. and Mehta, Divya (2021). Using monozygotic twins to dissect common genes in posttraumatic stress disorder and migraine. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15 678350, 678350. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.678350
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
Lafontaine, Nicole, Campbell, Purdey J., Castillo-Fernandez, Juan E., Mullin, Shelby, Lim, Ee Mun, Kendrew, Phillip, Lewer, Michelle, Brown, Suzanne J., Huang, Rae-Chi, Melton, Phillip E., Mori, Trevor A., Beilin, Lawrence J., Dudbridge, Frank, Spector, Tim D., Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., McRae, Allan F., Panicker, Vijay, Zhu, Gu, Walsh, John P., Bell, Jordana T. and Wilson, Scott G. (2021). Epigenome-wide association study of thyroid function traits identifies novel associations of fT3 with KLF9 and DOT1L. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 106 (5), e2191-e2202. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa975
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1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans
Sønderby, Ida E., van der Meer, Dennis, Moreau, Clara, Kaufmann, Tobias, Walters, G Bragi, Ellegaard, Maria, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ames, David, Amunts, Katrin, Andersson, Micael, Armstrong, Nicola J., Bernard, Manon, Blackburn, Nicholas B., Blangero, John, Boomsma, Dorret I., Brodaty, Henry, Brouwer, Rachel M., Bülow, Robin, Bøen, Rune, Cahn, Wiepke, Calhoun, Vince D., Caspers, Svenja, Ching, Christopher R. K., Cichon, Sven, Ciufolini, Simone, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Curran, Joanne E., Dale, Anders M., Dalvie, Shareefa ... ENIGMA-CNV working group (2021). 1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 182, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01213-0
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Van Dongen, Jenny, Gordon, Scott D., Odintsova, Veronika V., McRae, Allan F., Robinson, Wendy P., Hall, Judith G., Boomsma, Dorret I. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2021). Examining the Vanishing Twin Hypothesis of Neural Tube Defects: Application of an Epigenetic Predictor for Monozygotic Twinning. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 24 (3), 155-159. doi: 10.1017/thg.2021.25
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
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
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
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Promoter-anchored chromatin interactions predicted from genetic analysis of epigenomic data
Wu, Yang, Qi, Ting, Wang, Huanwei, Zhang, Futao, Zheng, Zhili, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer E., Deary, Ian J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2020). Promoter-anchored chromatin interactions predicted from genetic analysis of epigenomic data. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2061, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15587-0
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An epigenome-wide association study of sex-specific chronological ageing
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The effect of X-linked dosage compensation on complex trait variation
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Correction: GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease
Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Zhang, Qian, McRae, Allan F., Hagenaars, Saskia P., Hill, W. David, Davies, Gail, Ritchie, Craig W., Gale, Catharine R., Starr, John M., Goate, Alison M., Porteous, David J., Yang, Jian, Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2019). Correction: GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease. Translational Psychiatry, 9 (1) 161, 161. doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0498-2
Gut microbiota in ALS: possible role in pathogenesis?
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OSCA: a tool for omic-data-based complex trait analysis
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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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Hamilton, Olivia K. L., Zhang, Qian, McRae, Allan F., Walker, Rosie M., Morris, Stewart W., Redmond, Paul, Campbell, Archie, Murray, Alison D., Porteous, David J., Evans, Kathryn L., McIntosh, Andrew M., Deary, Ian J. and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2019). An epigenetic score for BMI based on DNA methylation correlates with poor physical health and major disease in the Lothian Birth Cohort. International Journal of Obesity, 43 (9), 1795-1802. doi: 10.1038/s41366-018-0262-3
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Identification of 55,000 replicated DNA methylation QTL
McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, Yang, Jian, Powell, Joseph E., Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Painter, Jodie N., Murphy, Lee, Martin, Nicholas G., Starr, John M., Wray, Naomi R., Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2018). Identification of 55,000 replicated DNA methylation QTL. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 17605, 17605. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35871-w
Genotype effects contribute to variation in longitudinal methylome patterns in older people
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Epigenetic prediction of complex traits and death
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Fung, Jenny N., Mortlock, Sally, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Teh, Wan Tinn, Zhu, Zhihong, Lukowski, Samuel W., McKinnon, Brett D., McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Healey, Martin, Powell, Joseph E., Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W (2018). Genetic regulation of disease risk and endometrial gene expression highlights potential target genes for endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11424, 11424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29462-y
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GWAS on family history of Alzheimer's disease
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Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits
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Genome-wide average DNA methylation is determined in utero
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Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits
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GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT
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Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of cognitive abilities
Marioni, Riccardo E., McRae, Allan F, Bressler, Jan, Colicino, Elena, Hannon, Eilis, Li, Shuo, Prada, Diddier, Smith, Jennifer A, Trevisi, Letizia, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Vojinovic, Dina, Simino, Jeannette, Levy, Daniel, Liu, Chunyu, Mendelson, Michael, Satizabal, Claudia L, Yang, Qiong, Jhun, Min A, Kardia, Sharon L R, Zhao, Wei, Bandinelli, Stefania, Ferrucci, Luigi, Hernandez, Dena G, Singleton, Andrew B, Harris, Sarah E, Starr, John M, Kiel, Douglas P, McLean, Robert R, Just, Allan C ... Deary, Ian J (2018). Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of cognitive abilities. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (11), 2133-2144. doi: 10.1038/s41380-017-0008-y
Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia
Sønderby, Ida Elken, Gústafsson, Ómar, Doan, Nhat Trung, Hibar, Derrek Paul, Martin-Brevet, Sandra, Westlye, Lars T., Jacquemont, Sébastien, Djurovic, Srdjan, Stefánsson, Hreinn, Stefánsson, Kari, Thompson, Paul M., Andreassen, Ole A., McRae, Allan, Strike, Lachlan, McMahon, Katie L., Wright, Margie and for the 16p11.2 European Consortium, for the ENIGMA-CNV working group (2018). Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia. Molecular Psychiatry, 25 (3), 584-602. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0118-1
Epigenetic influences on aging: a longitudinal genome-wide methylation study in old Swedish twins
Wang, Yunzhang, Karlsson, Robert, Lampa, Erik, Zhang, Qian, Hedman, Åsa K., Almgren, Malin, Almqvist, Catarina, McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Ingelsson, Erik, Visscher, Peter M., Deary, Ian J., Lind, Lars, Morris, Tiffany, Beck, Stephan, Pedersen, Nancy L. and Hägg, Sara (2018). Epigenetic influences on aging: a longitudinal genome-wide methylation study in old Swedish twins. Epigenetics, 13 (9), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2018.1526028
DNA methylation analysis identifies loci for blood pressure regulation
Richard, Melissa A., Huan, Tianxiao, Ligthart, Symen, Gondalia, Rahul, Jhun, Min A., Brody, Jennifer A., Irvin, Marguerite R., Marioni, Riccardo, Shen, Jincheng, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Montasser, May E., Jia, Yucheng, Syme, Catriona, Salfati, Elias L., Boerwinkle, Eric, Guan, Weihua, Mosley, Thomas H., Bressler, Jan, Morrison, Alanna C., Liu, Chunyu, Mendelson, Michael M., Uitterlinden, André G., van Meurs, Joyce B., Heijmans, Bastiaan T., ’t Hoen, Peter A.C., van Meurs, Joyce, Isaacs, Aaron, Jansen, Rick, Franke, Lude ... Fornage, Myriam (2017). DNA methylation analysis identifies loci for blood pressure regulation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101 (6), 888-902. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.028
Testing two evolutionary theories of human aging with DNA methylation data
Robins, Chloe, McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Wiener, Howard W., Aslibekyan, Stella, Kennedy, Elizabeth M., Absher, Devin M., Arnett, Donna K., Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M., Cutler, David J. and Conneely, Karen N. (2017). Testing two evolutionary theories of human aging with DNA methylation data. Genetics, 207 (4), 1547-1560. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300217
An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment
Karlsson Linnér, R., Marioni, R. E., Rietveld, C. A., Simpkin, A. J., Davies, N. M., Watanabe, K., Armstrong, N. J., Auro, K., Baumbach, C., Bonder, M. J., Buchwald, J., Fiorito, G., Ismail, K., Iurato, S., Joensuu, A., Karell, P., Kasela, S, Lahti, J., McRae, A. F., Mandaviya, P. R., Seppälä, I., Wang, Y., Baglietto, L., Binder, E. B., Harris, S. E., Hodge, A. M., Horvath, S., Hurme, M., Johannesson, M. ... Benjamin, D. J. (2017). An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment. Molecular Psychiatry, 22 (12), 1680-1690. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.210
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Role of DNA methylation in type 2 diabetes etiology: using genotype as a causal anchor
Elliott, Hannah R., Shihab, Hashem A., Lockett, Gabrielle A., Holloway, John W., McRae, Allan F., Smith, George Davey, Ring, Susan M., Gaunt, Tom R. and Relton, Caroline L. (2017). Role of DNA methylation in type 2 diabetes etiology: using genotype as a causal anchor. Diabetes, 66 (6), 1713-1722. doi: 10.2337/db16-0874
Hedman, Åsa K., Mendelson, Michael M., Marioni, Riccardo E., Gustafsson, Stefan, Joehanes, Roby, Irvin, Marguerite R., Zhi, Degui, Sandling, Johanna K., Yao, Chen, Liu, Chunyu, Liang, Liming, Huan, Tianxiao, McRae, Allan F., Demissie, Serkalem, Shah, Sonia, Starr, John M., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Deloukas, Panos, Spector, Timothy D., Sundstrom, Johan, Krauss, Ronald M., Arnett, Donna K., Deary, Ian J., Lind, Lars, Levy, Daniel and Ingelsson, Erik (2017). Epigenetic patterns in blood associated with lipid traits predict incident coronary heart disease events and are enriched for results from genome-wide association studies. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 10 (1) 001487. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001487
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
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
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
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
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
Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking
Joehanes, Roby, Just, Allan C., Marioni, Riccardo E., Pilling, Luke C., Reynolds, Lindsay M., Mandaviya, Pooja R., Guan, Weihua, Xu, Tao, Elks, Cathy E., Aslibekyan, Stella, Moreno-Macias, Hortensia, Smith, Jennifer A., Brody, Jennifer A., Dhingra, Radhika, Yousefi, Paul, Pankow, James S., Kunze, Sonja, Shah, Sonia H., McRae, Allan F., Lohman, Kurt, Sha, Jin, Absher, Devin M., Ferrucci, Luigi, Zhao, Wei, Demerath, Ellen W., Bressler, Jan, Grove, Megan L., Huan, Tianxiao, Liu, Chunyu ... London, Stephanie J. (2016). Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 9 (5), 436-447. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001506
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
Kassam, Irfahan and McRae, Allan F. (2016). The autosomal genetic control of sexually dimorphic traits in humans is largely the same across the sexes. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 169. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1035-8
Pavlides, Jennifer M. Whitehead, Zhu, Zhihong, Gratten, Jacob, Mcrae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R. and Yang, Jian (2016). Predicting gene targets from integrative analyses of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies for 28 human complex traits. Genome Medicine, 8 (1) 84, 84. doi: 10.1186/s13073-016-0338-4
Mbarek, Hamdi, Steinberg, Stacy, Nyholt, Dale R., Gordon, Scott D., Miller, Michael B., McRae, Allan F, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Day, Felix R., Willemsen, Gonneke, de Geus, Eco J., Davies, Gareth E, Martin, Hilary C, Penninx, Brenda W, Jansen, Rick, McAloney, Kerrie, Vink, Jacqueline M., Kaprio, Jaakko, Plomin, Robert, Spector, Tim D., Magnusson, Patrik K., Reversade, Bruno, Harris, R. Alan, Aagaard, Kjersti, Kristjansson, Ragnar P., Olafsson, Isleifur, Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur Ingi, Sigurdardottir, Olof, Iacono, William G., Lambalk, Cornelis B ... Boomsman, Dorret I. (2016). Identification of common genetic variants influencing spontaneous dizygotic twinning and female fertility. American Journal of Human Genetics, 98 (5), 898-908. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.03.008
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
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
Tseng, Hsu-Wen, Pitt, Miranda E., Glant, Tibor T., McRae, Allan F., Kenna, Tony J., Brown, Matthew A., Pettit, Allison R. and Thomas, Gethin P. (2016). Inflammation-driven bone formation in a mouse model of ankylosing spondylitis: sequential not parallel processes. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 18 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s13075-015-0805-0
DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death
Chen, Brian H., Marioni, Riccardo E., Colicino, Elena, Peters, Marjolein J., Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Tsai, Pei-Chien, Roetker, Nicholas S., Just, Allan C., Demerath, Ellen W., Guan, Weihua, Bressler, Jan, Fornage, Myriam, Studenski, Stephanie, Vandiver, Amy R., Moore, Ann Zenobia, Tanaka, Toshiko, Kiel, Douglas P., Liang, Liming, Vokonas, Pantel, Schwartz, Joel, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Murabito, Joanne M., Bandinelli, Stefania, Hernandez, Dena G., Melzer, David, Nalls, Michael, Pilling, Luke C., Price, Timothy R., Singleton, Andrew B. ... Horvath, Steve (2016). DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death. Aging, 8 (9), 1844-1865. doi: 10.18632/aging.101020
Bui, Masato, Benyamin, Beben, Shah, Sonia, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W. and McRae, Allan F. (2015). Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (6), 680-685. doi: 10.1017/thg.2015.87
The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood
Peters, Marjolein J., Joehanes, Roby, Pilling, Luke C., Schurmann, Claudia, Conneely, Karen N., Powell, Joseph, Reinmaa, Eva, Sutphin, George L., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Schramm, Katharina, Wilson, Yana A., Kobes, Sayuko, Tukiainen, Taru, Ramos, Yolande F., Goring, Harald H. H., Fornage, Myriam, Liu, Yongmei, Gharib, Sina A., Stranger, Barbara E., De Jager, Philip L., Aviv, Abraham, Levy, Daniel, Murabito, Joanne M., Munson, Peter J., Huan, Tianxiao, Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Van Rooij, Jeroen ... NABEC/UKBEC Consortium (2015). The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8570, 8570.1-8570.14. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9570
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
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
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
Seasonal effects on gene expression
Goldinger, Anita, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Montgomery, Grant W. and Powell, Joseph E. (2015). Seasonal effects on gene expression. PLoS ONE, 10 (5) e0126995, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126995
Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare
Mcrae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2015). Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (1), 13-18. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.85
DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life
Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Chen, Brian H., Colicino, Elena, Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Henders, Anjali K., Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Murphy, Lee, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Feinberg, Andrew P., Fallin, M. Daniele, Multhaup, Michael L., Jaffe, Andrew E., Joehanes, Roby, Schwartz, Joel, Just, Allan C., Lunetta, Kathryn L., Murabito, Joanne M., Starr, John M., Horvath, Steve, Baccarelli, Andrea A., Levy, Daniel, Visscher, Peter M. ... Deary, Ian J. (2015). DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life. Genome Biology, 16 (1) 25, 25.1-25.12. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0584-6
Genetic and environmental exposures constrain epigenetic drift over the human life course
Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Henders, Anjali K., Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Murphy, Lee, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Starr, John M., Wray, Naomi R., Deary, Ian J. and Visscher, Peter M. (2014). Genetic and environmental exposures constrain epigenetic drift over the human life course. Genome Research, 24 (11), 1725-1733. doi: 10.1101/gr.176933.114
Another explanation for apparent epistasis: reply
Hemani, Gibran, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Westra, Harm-Jan, Esko, Tonu, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Yang, Jian, Gibson, Greg, Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Franke, Lude, Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2014). Another explanation for apparent epistasis: reply. Nature, 514 (7520), E5-E6. doi: 10.1038/nature13692
Contribution of genetic variation to transgenerational inheritance of DNA methylation
McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Hemani, Gibran, Shah, Sonia, Painter, Jodie N., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2014). Contribution of genetic variation to transgenerational inheritance of DNA methylation. Genome Biology, 15 (5), 1-10. doi: 10.1186/gb-2014-15-5-r73
Derks, Eske M., Ayub, Muhammad, Chambert, Kimberly, Del Favero, Jurgen, Johnstone, Mandy, Macgregor, Stuart, Maclean, Alan, McKechanie, Andrew G., McRae, Allan F., Moran, Jennifer L., Pickard, Benjamin S., Purcell, Shaun, Sklar, Pamela, St Clair, David M., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Blackwood, Douglas H. R. (2013). A genome wide survey supports the involvement of large copy number variants in schizophrenia with and without intellectual disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 162 (8), 847-854. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32189
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
Case-control association testing of common variants from sequencing of DNA pools
McRae, Allan F., Richter, Melinda M. and Lind, Penelope A. (2013). Case-control association testing of common variants from sequencing of DNA pools. PLoS One, 8 (6) e65410, e65410.1-e65410.4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065410
Byrne, E. M., Carrillo-Roa, T., Henders, A. K., Bowdler, L., McRae, A. F., Heath, A. C., Martin, N. G., Montgomery, G. W., Krause, L. and Wray, N. R. (2013). Monozygotic twins affected with major depressive disorder have greater variance in methylation than their unaffected co-twin. Translational Psychiatry, 3 (6) e269, e269.1-e269.6. doi: 10.1038/tp.2013.45
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
No association between general cognitive ability and rare copy number variation
McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Hansell, Narelle K., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2013). No association between general cognitive ability and rare copy number variation. Behavior Genetics, 43 (3), 202-207. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9587-9
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
Byrne, Enda M., Johnson, Julie, McRae, Allan F., Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Gehrman, Philip R., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Montgomery, Grant W., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). A genome-wide association study of caffeine-related sleep disturbance: confirmation of a role for a common variant in the adenosine receptor. Sleep, 35 (7), 967-975. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1962
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
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
Mosing, Miriam A., Medland, Sarah E., McRae, Allan, Landers, Joseph George, Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2012). Genetic influences on life span and its relationship to personality: A 16-year follow-up study of a sample of aging twins. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74 (1), 16-22. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182385784
Jablensky, A ., Angelicheva, D ., Donohoe, G. J., Cruickshank, M., Azmanov, D. N., Morris, D. W., McRae, A., Weickert, C. S., Carter, K. W., Chandler, D., Alexandrov, B., Usheva, A., Morar, B., Verbrugghe, P. L., Filipovska, A., Rackham, O., Bishop, A. R., Rasmussen, K. Ø., Dragovic, M., Cooper, M., Phillips, M., Badcock, J., Bramon-Bosch, E., Almeida, O. P., Flicker, L., Gill, M., Corvin, A., MacGregor, S. and Kalaydjieva, L. (2012). Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 17 (12), 1328-1339. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.129
Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning
Luong, Hein T. T., Chaplin, Justin, McRae, Allan F., Medland, Sarah E., Willemsen, Gonneke, Nyholt, Dale R., Henders, Anjali K., Hoekstra, Chantal, Duffy, David L., Martin, Nicholas G., Boomsma, Dorret I., Montgomery, Grant W. and Painter, Jodie N. (2011). Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 14 (5), 408-416. doi: 10.1375/twin.14.5.408
Larsson, Mats, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Liu, Jimmy Z., Macgregor, Stuart, McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Sturm, Richard A., Mackey, David A., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2011). GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89 (2), 334-343. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.07.011
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
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
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
Sommerlad, Susan, McRae, Allan F., McDonald, Brenda, Johnstone, Isobel, Cuttell, Leigh, Seddon, Jennifer M. and O'Leary, Caroline A. (2010). Congenital sensorineural deafness in Australian Stumpy-tail Cattle Dogs is an autosomal recessive trait that maps to CFA10. PLoS One, 5 (10) e13364, e13364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013364
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
Genome-wide association study of height and body mass index in Australian twin families
Liu, Jimmy Z., Medland, Sarah E., Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Duncan, Alexis, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and McRae, Allan F. (2010). Genome-wide association study of height and body mass index in Australian twin families. Twin Research And Human Genetics, 13 (2), 179-193. doi: 10.1375/twin.13.2.179
Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep
Johnston, S. E., Beraldi, D., McRae, A. F., Pemberton, J. M. and Slate, J. (2010). Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep. Heredity, 104 (2), 196-205. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.109
Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans
Medland, S, Nyholt, D, Painter, JN, McEnvoy, BP, Allan McRae, Zhu, G, Gordon, SD, Ferreira, MAR, Wright, MJ, Henders, AK, Campbell MJ, Duffy, D, Hansell, N K, Macgregor, S, Slutske, WS, Heath, AC, Montgomery, GW and Martin, NG (2009). Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85 (5), 750-755. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.009
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
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
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
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
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
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
Linkage and Association Analyses of Longitudinally Measured Lipid Phenotypes in Adolescence
Middelberg, Rita P., Gordon, Scott D., Zhu, Gu, McRae, Allan, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2008). Linkage and Association Analyses of Longitudinally Measured Lipid Phenotypes in Adolescence. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 11 (6), 603-620. doi: 10.1375/twin.11.6.603
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Examination of a region showing linkage map discrepancies across sheep breeds
McRae, AF and Beraldi, D (2006). Examination of a region showing linkage map discrepancies across sheep breeds. Mammalian Genome, 17 (4), 346-353. doi: 10.1007/s00335-005-0087-y
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
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
Bone density in sheep: genetic variation and quantitative trait loci localisation
Campbell, AW, Bain, WE, McRae, AF, Broad, TE, Johnstone, PD, Dodds, KG, Veenvliet, BA, Greer, GJ, Glass, BC, Beattie, AE, Jopson, NB and McEwan, JC (2003). Bone density in sheep: genetic variation and quantitative trait loci localisation. Bone, 33 (4), 540-548. doi: 10.1016/S8756-3282(03)00228-X
Linkage disequilibrium in domestic sheep
McRae, AF, McEwan, JC, Dodds, KG, Wilson, T, Crawford, AM and Slate, J (2002). Linkage disequilibrium in domestic sheep. Genetics, 160 (3), 1113-1122.
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
Mortlock, Sally, Fung, Jenny N., Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Healey, Martin, Lukowski, Samuel W., McKinnon, Brett D., Yang, Jian, McRae, Allan, Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2019). Identifying Target Genes for Endometriosis through Integration of Genetic Effects on Transcription and Methylation in Human Endometrium. 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Paris, France, 12-16 March 2019. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage.
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
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.
Comparison of Faecal Microbe Diversity Between Motor Neurone Disease (Mnd) and Control Participants
Steyn, Frederik J., Restuadi, Restuadi, Ioannides, Zara, Ngo, Shyuan T., McRae, Allan, Wray, Naomi R., Henderson, Robert and McCombe, Pamela (2017). Comparison of Faecal Microbe Diversity Between Motor Neurone Disease (Mnd) and Control Participants. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian-and-New-Zealand-Association-of-Neurologists (ANZAN), Gold Coast, Australia, 9-12 May 2017. London, United Kingdom: BMJ. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316074.81
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
Kwok, J., Coupland, K., Mellick, G., Mather, K., Thalamuthu, A., Armstrong, N., Sachdev, P., Brodaty, H., Wright, M., Ames, D., Allen, M., Ertekin-Taner, N., McRae, A., Bennett, D., Jager, P. D., Kim, W., Halliday, G. and Dobson-Stone, C. (2015). Genome-wide association study identifies the SLC2A14 gene on chromosome 12P13 as a trans-acting locus for methylation of MAPT gene. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Thomas, Gethin P., Tseng, Hsu-Wen, Pettit, Allison, Glant, Tibor T., McRae, Allan and Brown, Matthew A. (2013). Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis. 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
Mosing, Miriam, Medland, Sarah, McRae, Allan, Wright, Margaret and Martin, Nick G. (2011). Genetic influences on life-span and its relationship to personality: a 16 year follow-up study of a sample of ageing twins. 41st Annual Meeting of the Behaviour Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island, 6-9 June 2011. New York, NY, United States: Springer.
Medland, S. E., Nyholt, D. R., Painter, J. N., McEvoy, B. P., McRae, A. F., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2010). Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans genetics and genodermatoses. 6th World Congress for Hair Research, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 16-19 June 2010. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01097.x
Skeletal muscle and blood RNA-seq counts in motor neurone disease cases and controls
Anna Freydenzon, Allan F. McRaee, Shyuan Ngo, Naomi R. Wray, Leanne Wallace, Anjali K. Henders, Pamela A. McCombe, Robert D. Henderson and Frederik J. Steyn (2023). Skeletal muscle and blood RNA-seq counts in motor neurone disease cases and controls. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b722f1f
An Australian Sporadic ALS transcriptome resource
(2023–2024) Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
A high-throughput system to identify ALS risk genes from genome-wide association studies
(2022–2025) Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease
(2022–2025) Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
(2022–2025) Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
Genomic Control of Human Complex Trait Variation
(2020–2024) ARC Future Fellowships
(2019–2020) University of Melbourne
(2018–2021) NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health
(2018–2019) NHMRC A*STAR Joint Grants
Methods and software tool for complex trait analyses using multi-omics data
(2016–2020) NHMRC Project Grant
Genetics of DNA Methylation and Its Role in Disease Susecptibility
(2015–2018) NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
(2015–2018) University of New South Wales
Inheritance of DNA methylation state in humans
(2012–2014) NHMRC Project Grant
Quantitative genetics approaches to elucidate the role of DNAm methylation in complex trait variation
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Insights into pleiotropic effects across the human genome for complex traits and diseases
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Integrative genomic analysis of neurodegerative disorders
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Cell-free DNA methodology for diagnosis and monitoring progression in Motor Neurone Disease
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Exploring the role of clinical, lifestyle, environmental and molecular factors in endometriosis risk
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Cellular genomics of Parkinson's disease
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Systems biology of motor neurone disease
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Improving fine-mapping methodology using DNA methylation as a model trait
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Sexual dimorphism in human gene expression
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Studying the effects of DNA methylation variation across neurodegenerative disorders
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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A Complex Trait Genomics Approach to Investigating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Understanding the genetic and environmental variations in human complex traits
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Genetic and genomic analyses on ageing and age-related complex traits
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2018) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Mitochondrial and autosomal genetic analyses in the Australian population
(2010) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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