Social-Science Genomics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions

Rapid progress has been made in identifying links between human genetic variation and
social and behavioral phenotypes. Applications in mainstream economics are beginning to …

comorbidPGS: an R package assessing shared predisposition between Phenotypes using Polygenic Scores

V Pascat, L Zudina, A Ulrich, JG Maina, M Kaakinen… - Human Heredity, 2024 - karger.com
Methods We developed an R package, comorbidPGS, which facilitates a systematic
evaluation of shared genetic effects among (cor) related phenotypes using PGSs. The …

Gene-environment correlation: The role of family environment in academic development

Q Zhou, A Gidziela, AG Allegrini, R Cheesman, J Wertz… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Academic achievement is partly heritable and highly polygenic. However, genetic effects on
academic achievement are not independent of environmental processes. We investigated …

Light-speed whole genome association testing and prediction via Approximate Message Passing

A Depope, M Mondelli, MR Robinson - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Efficient utilization of large-scale biobank data is crucial for inferring the genetic basis of
disease and predicting health outcomes from the DNA. Yet we lack accurate statistical …

Gene-environment correlation: The role of family environment in academic development

M Malanchini, Q Zhou, A Gidziela, A Allegrini… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Academic achievement is partly heritable and highly polygenic. However, genetic effects on
academic achievement are not independent of environmental processes. We investigated …

Deciphering the genetic basis of systemic sclerosis

G Villanueva Martin - 2024 - digibug.ugr.es
Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma (SSc), is a complex immunemediated inflammatory
disorder. SSc pathogenesis involves a triad of factors: immunological imbalance …