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2008

Journal Article

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

Divergence between human populations estimated from linkage disequilibrium

2008

Journal Article

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

Common genetic components of obesity traits and serum leptin

2008

Journal Article

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

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

2008

Journal Article

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

Do twins have lower cognitive ability than singletons?

2008

Journal Article

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

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms have negligible effect on human height

2008

Journal Article

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

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

2008

Journal Article

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

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

2008

Journal Article

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

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

2008

Journal Article

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

Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

2008

Journal Article

Light-Dependant Biostabilisation of Sediments by Stromatolite Assemblages

Paterson, David M., Aspden, Rebecca J., Visscher, Pieter T., Consalvey, Mireille, Andres, Miriam S., Decho, Alan W., Stolz, John and Reid, R. Pamela (2008). Light-Dependant Biostabilisation of Sediments by Stromatolite Assemblages. Plos One, 3 (9) e3176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003176

Light-Dependant Biostabilisation of Sediments by Stromatolite Assemblages

2008

Journal Article

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

Calculation of IBD probabilities with dense SNP or sequence data

2008

Journal Article

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

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)

2008

Journal Article

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

Investigation of the relationship between smoking and appendicitis in Australian twins

2008

Journal Article

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

Does teenage childbearing increase smoking, drinking and body size?

2008

Journal Article

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

Multiple-marker mapping for selective DNA pooling within large families

2008

Journal Article

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

Power and SNP tagging in whole mitochondrial genome association studies

2008

Journal Article

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

Sizing up human height variation

2008

Journal Article

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

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

2008

Journal Article

Vertical distribution of methane metabolism in microbial mats of the Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh

Buckley, Daniel H., Baumgartner, Laura K. and Visscher, Pieter T. (2008). Vertical distribution of methane metabolism in microbial mats of the Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh. Environmental Microbiology, 10 (4), 967-977. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01517.x

Vertical distribution of methane metabolism in microbial mats of the Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh

2008

Journal Article

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

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