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2019

Journal Article

More evidence and context are needed to evaluate the possibility that scent perception is part of the same-sex sexual behavior story

Zietsch, Brendan P. (2019). More evidence and context are needed to evaluate the possibility that scent perception is part of the same-sex sexual behavior story. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50 (6), 2313-2315. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01562-4

More evidence and context are needed to evaluate the possibility that scent perception is part of the same-sex sexual behavior story

2019

Journal Article

Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hugh-Jones, David, Yengo, Loic, Kemper, Kathryn E., Nivard, Michel G., Veul, Laura, Holtz, Yan, Zietsch, Brendan P., Frayling, Timothy M., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Verweij, Karin J. H. and Visscher, Peter M. (2019). Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain. Nature Human Behaviour, 3 (12), 1332-1342. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0757-5

Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

2019

Journal Article

Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

Ganna, Andrea, Verweij, Karin J. H., Nivard, Michel G., Maier, Robert, Wedow, Robbee, Busch, Alexander S., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Guo, Shengru, Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lundström, Sebastian, Långström, Niklas, Auton, Adam, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Beecham, Gary W., Martin, Eden R., Sanders, Alan R., Perry, John R. B., Neale, Benjamin M. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2019). Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior. Science, 365 (6456) , eaat7693, eaat7693-+. doi: 10.1126/science.aat7693

Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

2019

Journal Article

Absolute and relative estimates of genetic and environmental variance in brain structure volumes

Strike, Lachlan T., Hansell, Narelle K., Thompson, Paul M., de Zubicaray, Greig I., McMahon, Katie L., Zietsch, Brendan P. and Wright, Margaret J. (2019). Absolute and relative estimates of genetic and environmental variance in brain structure volumes. Brain Structure and Function, 224 (8), 2805-2821. doi: 10.1007/s00429-019-01931-8

Absolute and relative estimates of genetic and environmental variance in brain structure volumes

2019

Journal Article

Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study

Mitchell, Brittany L., Campos, Adrian I., Rentería, Miguel E., Parker, Richard, Sullivan, Lenore, McAloney, Kerrie, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Medland, Sarah E., Gillespie, Nathan A., Scott, Jan, Zietsch, Brendan P., Lind, Penelope A., Martin, Nicholas G. and Hickie, Ian B. (2019). Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22 (03) PII S1832427419000276, 154-163. doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.27

Twenty-Five and Up (25Up) Study: A New Wave of the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study

2019

Conference Publication

Insights from the largest genetic study of sexual orientation

Ganna, A., Beecham, G., Day, F., Martin, E., Meier, R., Neale, B., Nivard, M., Perry, J., Sanders, A., Verweij, K., Wedow, R. and Zietsch, B. (2019). Insights from the largest genetic study of sexual orientation. 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.

Insights from the largest genetic study of sexual orientation

2019

Journal Article

A critique of life history approaches to human trait covariation

Zietsch, Brendan P. and Sidari, Morgan J. (2019). A critique of life history approaches to human trait covariation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41 (6), 527-535. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.05.007

A critique of life history approaches to human trait covariation

2018

Journal Article

Erratum: Reply to Woodley of Menie et al (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2018) 285 (20181427) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0092)

Arslan, Ruben C., Willführ, Kai P., Frans, Emma M., Verweij, Karin J. H., Bürkner, Paul-Christian, Myrskylä, Mikko, Voland, Eckart, Almqvist, Catarina, Zietsch, Brendan P. and Penke, Lars (2018). Erratum: Reply to Woodley of Menie et al (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2018) 285 (20181427) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0092). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1884) 20181427. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1427

Erratum: Reply to Woodley of Menie et al (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2018) 285 (20181427) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0092)

2018

Journal Article

Male and female nipples as a test case for the assumption that functional features vary less than nonfunctional byproducts

Kelly, Ashleigh J., Dubbs, Shelli L., Barlow, Fiona Kate and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2018). Male and female nipples as a test case for the assumption that functional features vary less than nonfunctional byproducts. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4 (4), 344-353. doi: 10.1007/s40750-018-0096-1

Male and female nipples as a test case for the assumption that functional features vary less than nonfunctional byproducts

2018

Journal Article

A high-powered replication study finds no effect of starting or stopping hormonal contraceptive use on relationship quality

Jern, Patrick, Kärnä, Antti, Hujanen, Janna, Erlin, Tatu, Gunst, Annika, Rautaheimo, Helmi, Öhman, Emilia, Roberts, Craig and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2018). A high-powered replication study finds no effect of starting or stopping hormonal contraceptive use on relationship quality. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39 (4), 373-379. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.02.008

A high-powered replication study finds no effect of starting or stopping hormonal contraceptive use on relationship quality

2018

Journal Article

Nineteen and Up study (19Up): Understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins

Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, O'Callaghan, Victoria, Parker, Richard, Mills, Natalie, Kirk, Katherine M., Scott, Jan, Vinkhuyzen, Anna., Hermens, Daniel F., Lind, Penelope A., Davenport, Tracey A., Burns, Jane M., Connell, Melissa, Zietsch, Brendan P., Scott, James, Wright, Margaret J., Medland, Sarah E., McGrath, John, Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Gillespie, Nathan A. (2018). Nineteen and Up study (19Up): Understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins. BMJ Open, 8 (3) e018959, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018959

Nineteen and Up study (19Up): Understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins

2018

Journal Article

Relaxed selection and mutation accumulation are best studied empirically: reply to Woodley of Menie

Arslan, Ruben C., Willführ, Kai P., Frans, Emma M., Verweij, Karin J. H., Bürkner, Paul-Christian, Myrskylä, Mikko, Voland, Eckart, Almqvist, Catarina, Zietsch, Brendan P. and Penke, Lars (2018). Relaxed selection and mutation accumulation are best studied empirically: reply to Woodley of Menie. Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, 285 (1873) 20180092, 1-3. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0092

Relaxed selection and mutation accumulation are best studied empirically: reply to Woodley of Menie

2018

Conference Publication

Results from the largest genetic study of sexual orientation

Wedow, Robbee, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Beecham, Gary, Day, Felix, Ganna, Andrea, Guo, Shengru, Maier, Robert, Martin, Eden, Neale, Benjamin, Nivard, Michel, Perry, John, Sanders, Alan, Verweij, Karin and Zietsch, Brendan (2018). Results from the largest genetic study of sexual orientation. 48th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Boston, Massachusetts, 20-23 June 2018 . New York, NY, United States: Springer.

Results from the largest genetic study of sexual orientation

2017

Journal Article

Longitudinal Relationships Between Parents' and Children's Behavior Need Not Implicate the Influence of Parental Behavior and May Reflect Genetics: Comment on Waldinger and Schulz (2016)

Sherlock, James M and Zietsch, Brendan P (2017). Longitudinal Relationships Between Parents' and Children's Behavior Need Not Implicate the Influence of Parental Behavior and May Reflect Genetics: Comment on Waldinger and Schulz (2016). Psychological science, 29 (1), 154-157. doi: 10.1177/0956797617717041

Longitudinal Relationships Between Parents' and Children's Behavior Need Not Implicate the Influence of Parental Behavior and May Reflect Genetics: Comment on Waldinger and Schulz (2016)

2017

Conference Publication

Reproductive success versus fitness: testing the genetic correlation between number of children and grandchildren in a range of preindustrial societies

Zietsch, Brendan, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Bailey, Drew, Walker, Robert and Verweij, Karin (2017). Reproductive success versus fitness: testing the genetic correlation between number of children and grandchildren in a range of preindustrial societies. 47th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Oslo Norway, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2017. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Reproductive success versus fitness: testing the genetic correlation between number of children and grandchildren in a range of preindustrial societies

2017

Journal Article

Reasons for Caution About the Fraternal Birth Order Effect

Zietsch, Brendan P (2017). Reasons for Caution About the Fraternal Birth Order Effect. Archives of sexual behavior, 47 (1), 47-48. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1086-2

Reasons for Caution About the Fraternal Birth Order Effect

2017

Journal Article

Reported associations between receptor genes and human sociality are explained by methodological errors and do not replicate

Jern, Patrick, Verweij, Karin J. H., Barlow, Fiona Kate and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2017). Reported associations between receptor genes and human sociality are explained by methodological errors and do not replicate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (44), E9185-E9186. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1710880114

Reported associations between receptor genes and human sociality are explained by methodological errors and do not replicate

2017

Journal Article

Assessing the accuracy of perceptions of intelligence based on heritable facial features

Lee, Anthony J., Hibbs, Courtney, Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., Keller, Matthew C. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2017). Assessing the accuracy of perceptions of intelligence based on heritable facial features. Intelligence, 64, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.06.002

Assessing the accuracy of perceptions of intelligence based on heritable facial features

2017

Journal Article

Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations

Arslan, Ruben C., Willfuehr, Kai P., Frans, Emma M., Verweij, Karin J. H., Buerkner, Paul-Christian, Myrskylae, Mikko, Voland, Eckart, Almqvist, Catarina, Zietsch, Brendan P. and Penke, Lars (2017). Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 284 (1862) 20171562, 20171562. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1562

Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations

2017

Journal Article

An all-positive correlation matrix is not evidence of domain-general intelligence

Arden, Rosalind and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2017). An all-positive correlation matrix is not evidence of domain-general intelligence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40 e197, e197. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001990

An all-positive correlation matrix is not evidence of domain-general intelligence