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2015

Journal Article

Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index

Yang, Jian, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Hemani, Gibran, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Study, Lifelines Cohort, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Maegi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hamsten, Anders, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (25), 7445-7449. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv443

Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index

2015

Journal Article

Contrasting genetic architectures of schizophrenia and other complex diseases using fast variance-components analysis

Loh, Po-Ru, Bhatia, Gaurav, Gusev, Alexander, Finucane, Hilary K., Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan K., Pollack, Samuela J., de Candia, Teresa R., Lee, Sang Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Kendler, Kenneth S., O'Donovan, Michael C., Neale, Benjamin M., Patterson, Nick, Price, Alkes L., Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Visscher, Peter M. and Mowry, Bryan J. (2015). Contrasting genetic architectures of schizophrenia and other complex diseases using fast variance-components analysis. Nature Genetics, 47 (12), 1385-1392. doi: 10.1038/ng.3431

Contrasting genetic architectures of schizophrenia and other complex diseases using fast variance-components analysis

2015

Journal Article

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

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

2015

Journal Article

Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni J., Yang, Jian, Finucane, Hilary K., Gusev, Alexander, Lindstrom, Sara, Ripke, Stephan, Genovese, Giulio, Loh, Po-Ru, Bhatia, Gaurav, Do, Ron, Hayeck, Tristan, Won, Hong-Hee, Kathiresan, Sekar, Pato, Michele, Pato, Carlos, Tamimi, Rulla, Stahl, Eli, Zaitlen, Noah, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Belbin, Gillian, Kenny, Eimear E., Schierup, Mikkel H., De Jager, Philip, Patsopouos, Nikolaos A., Mc Carroll, Steve, Daly, Mark, Purce, Shaun, Chasman, Daniel, Neale, Benjamin ... Price, Alkes L. (2015). Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97 (4), 576-592. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.09.001

Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

2015

Journal Article

The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

The UK10K Consortium, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease. Nature, 526 (7571), 82-89. doi: 10.1038/nature14962

The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

2015

Journal Article

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

Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability

2015

Journal Article

Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

Huang, Jie, Howie, Bryan, McCarthy, Shane, Memari, Yasin, Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L., Danecek, Petr, Malerba, Giovanni, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Gambaro, Giovanni, Richards, J. Brent, Durbin, Richard, Timpson, Nicholas J., Marchini, Jonathan, Soranzo, Nicole, UK10K Consortium, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8111, 8111.1-8111.9. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9111

Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

2015

Journal Article

Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe

Robinson, Matthew R., Hemani, Gibran, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Esko, Tonu, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Powell, Joseph E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Justice, Anne E., Kahali, Bratati, Locke, Adam E., Pers, Tune H., Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., van Rheenen, Wouter, Andreassen, Ole A., Gasparini, Paolo, Metspalu, Andres, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Werge, Thomas M., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Chasman, Daniel I., de Geus, Eco J. C., Frayling, Timothy M. ... Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe. Nature Genetics, 47 (11), 1357-1361. doi: 10.1038/ng.3401

Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe

2015

Journal Article

3-D Facial Landmark Localization With Asymmetry Patterns and Shape Regression from Incomplete Local Features

Sukno, Federico M., Waddington, John L. and Whelan, Paul F. (2015). 3-D Facial Landmark Localization With Asymmetry Patterns and Shape Regression from Incomplete Local Features. Ieee Transactions On Cybernetics, 45 (9), 1717-1730. doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2014.2359056

3-D Facial Landmark Localization With Asymmetry Patterns and Shape Regression from Incomplete Local Features

2015

Journal Article

Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index

Yang, Jian, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Hemani, Gibran, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Lee, Sang Hong, Robinson, Matthew R., Perry, John R. B., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, The LifeLines Cohort Study, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Maegi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hamsten, Anders, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik, Soranzo, Nicole, Keller, Matthew C., Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index. Nature Genetics, 47 (10), 1114-1120. doi: 10.1038/ng.3390

Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index

2015

Journal Article

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

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

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

2015

Journal Article

The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic

Arden, Rosalind, Luciano, Michelle, Deary, Ian J., Reynolds, Chandra A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Plassman, Brenda L., McGue, Matt, Christensen, Kaare and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45 (1), 178-185. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv112

The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic

2015

Journal Article

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

Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations

2015

Journal Article

Genetic variation links creativity to psychiatric disorders

Keller, Matthew C. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genetic variation links creativity to psychiatric disorders. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (7), 928-929. doi: 10.1038/nn.4047

Genetic variation links creativity to psychiatric disorders

2015

Journal Article

C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in Chinese sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

He, Ji, Tang, Lu, Benyamin, Beben, Shah, Sonia, Hemani, Gib, Liu, Rong, Ye, Shan, Liu, Xiaolu, Ma, Yan, Zhang, Huagang, Cremin, Katie, Leo, Paul, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Xu, Huji, Brown, Matthew A., Bartlett, Perry F., Mangelsdorf, Marie and Fan, Dongsheng (2015). C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in Chinese sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging, 36 (9) 2660.e1, 2660.e1-2660.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.06.002

C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in Chinese sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2015

Journal Article

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Lu, Yi, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Painter, Jodie N., Nyholt, Dale R., Morris, Andrew P., Fasching, Peter A., Hein, Alexander, Burghaus, Stefanie, Beckmann, Matthias W., Lambrechts, Diether, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vergote, Ignace, Vanderstichele, Adriaan, Doherty, Jennifer Anne, Rossing, Mary Anne, Wicklund, Kristine G., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Eilber, Ursula, Rudolph, Anja, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Goodman, Marc T., Bogdanova, Natalia, Doerk, Thilo, Duerst, Matthias, Hillemanns, Peter, Runnebaum, Ingo B., Antonenkova, Natalia, Butzow, Ralf, Leminen, Arto ... Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (20), 5955-5964. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv306

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

2015

Journal Article

Human fertility, molecular genetics, and natural selection in modern societies

Tropf, Felix C., Stulp, Gert, Barban, Nicola, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Snieder, Harold and Mills, Melinda C. (2015). Human fertility, molecular genetics, and natural selection in modern societies. Plos One, 10 (6) e0126821, 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126821

Human fertility, molecular genetics, and natural selection in modern societies

2015

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Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies

Polderman, Tinca J. C., Benyamin, Beben, de Leeuw, Christiaan A, Sullivan, Patrick F., van Bochoven, Arjen, Visscher, Peter M. and Posthuma, Danielle (2015). Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies. Nature Genetics, 47 (7), 702-709. doi: 10.1038/ng.3285

Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies

2015

Journal Article

Mixed model with correction for case-control ascertainment increases association power

Hayeck, Tristan J., Zaitlen, Noah A., Loh, Po-Ru, Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni, Pollack, Samuela, Gusev, Alexander, Yang, Jian, Chen, Guo-Bo, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Patterson, Nick and Price, Alkes L. (2015). Mixed model with correction for case-control ascertainment increases association power. American Journal of Human Genetics, 96 (5), 720-730. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.03.004

Mixed model with correction for case-control ascertainment increases association power

2015

Journal Article

Simultaneous discovery, estimation and prediction analysis of complex traits using a bayesian mixture model

Moser, Gerhard, Lee, Sang Hong, Hayes, Ben J., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Simultaneous discovery, estimation and prediction analysis of complex traits using a bayesian mixture model. PLoS Genetics, 11 (4) e1004969, 1-22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004969

Simultaneous discovery, estimation and prediction analysis of complex traits using a bayesian mixture model