The new genetics of intelligence
R Plomin, S Von Stumm - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Intelligence—the ability to learn, reason and solve problems—is at the forefront of
behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important …
behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important …
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain
Brainstorm Consortium, V Anttila, B Bulik-Sullivan… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Brain disorders may exhibit shared symptoms and substantial
epidemiological comorbidity, inciting debate about their etiologic overlap. However, detailed …
epidemiological comorbidity, inciting debate about their etiologic overlap. However, detailed …
Identification of shared and differentiating genetic architecture for autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and case subgroups
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are
highly heritable neurodevelopmental conditions, with considerable overlap in their genetic …
highly heritable neurodevelopmental conditions, with considerable overlap in their genetic …
Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is a highly heritable psychiatric disorder. We performed a genome-wide
association study (GWAS) including 20,352 cases and 31,358 controls of European descent …
association study (GWAS) including 20,352 cases and 31,358 controls of European descent …
Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable childhood behavioral
disorder affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. Common genetic variants contribute …
disorder affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. Common genetic variants contribute …
Constrained maximum likelihood-based Mendelian randomization robust to both correlated and uncorrelated pleiotropic effects
With the increasing availability of large-scale GWAS summary data on various complex traits
and diseases, there have been tremendous interests in applications of Mendelian …
and diseases, there have been tremendous interests in applications of Mendelian …
Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function
General cognitive function is a prominent and relatively stable human trait that is associated
with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the …
with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the …
LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and …
J Zheng, AM Erzurumluoglu, BL Elsworth… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Motivation LD score regression is a reliable and efficient method of using genome-wide
association study (GWAS) summary-level results data to estimate the SNP heritability of …
association study (GWAS) summary-level results data to estimate the SNP heritability of …
Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia
Reading and writing are crucial life skills but roughly one in ten children are affected by
dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up …
dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up …
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 78,308 individuals identifies new loci and genes influencing human intelligence
S Sniekers, S Stringer, K Watanabe, PR Jansen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Intelligence is associated with important economic and health-related life outcomes 1.
Despite intelligence having substantial heritability 2 (0.54) and a confirmed polygenic …
Despite intelligence having substantial heritability 2 (0.54) and a confirmed polygenic …