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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

Journal Article

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

2015

Journal Article

Quantitative genetics of disease traits

Wray, N. R. and Visscher, P. M. (2015). Quantitative genetics of disease traits. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132 (2), 198-203. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12153

Quantitative genetics of disease traits

2015

Journal Article

Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis (vol 5, 4926, 2014)

Benyamin, Beben, Esko, Tonu, Ried, Janina S., Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Vermeulen, Sita H., Traglia, Michela, Goegele, Martin, Anderson, Denise, Broer, Linda, Podmore, Clara, Luan, Jianan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Sanna, Serena, van der Meer, Peter, Tanaka, Toshiko, Wang, Fudi, Westra, Harm-Jan, Franke, Lude, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Haelldin, Jonas, Winkelmann, Juliane, Meitinger, Thomas, Thiery, Joachim, Peters, Annette, Waldenberger, Melanie, Rendon, Augusto, Jolley, Jennifer, Sambrook, Jennifer ... Whitfield, John B. (2015). Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis (vol 5, 4926, 2014). Nature Communications, 6 (1) 6542, 1-1. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7542

Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis (vol 5, 4926, 2014)

2015

Journal Article

Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

Taylor, Peter N., Porcu, Eleonora, Chew, Shelby, Campbell, Purdey J., Traglia, Michela, Brown, Suzanne J., Mullin, Benjamin H., Shihab, Hashem A., Min, Josine, Walter, Klaudia, Memari, Yasin, Huang, Jie, Barnes, Michael R., Beilby, John P., Charoen, Pimphen, Danecek, Petr, Dudbridge, Frank, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Greenwood, Celia, Grundberg, Elin, Johnson, Andrew D., Hui, Jennie, Lim, Ee M., McCarthy, Shane, Muddyman, Dawn, Panicker, Vijay, Perry, John R. B., Bell, Jordana T., Yuan, Wei ... Yang, Jian (2015). Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 5681, 5681.1-5681.10. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6681

Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

2015

Journal Article

Genome-wide enrichment analysis between endometriosis and obesity-related traits reveals novel susceptibility loci

Rahmioglu, Nilufer, Macgregor, Stuart, Drong, Alexander W., Hedman, Asa K., Harris, Holly R., Randall, Joshua C., Prokopenko, Inga, Nyholt, Dale R., Morris, Andrew P., Montgomery, Grant W., Missmer, Stacey A., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Zondervan, Krina T., The International Endogene Consortium and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genome-wide enrichment analysis between endometriosis and obesity-related traits reveals novel susceptibility loci. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (4), 1185-1199. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu516

Genome-wide enrichment analysis between endometriosis and obesity-related traits reveals novel susceptibility loci

2015

Journal Article

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Locke, Adam E., Kahali, Bratati, Berndt, Sonja I., Justice, Anne E., Pers, Tune H., Day, Felix R., Powell, Corey, Vedantam, Sailaja, Buchkovich, Martin L., Yang, Jian, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kutalik, Zoltán, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Faul, Jessica D., Smith, Jennifer A., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Hedman, Asa K. ... Shah, Sonia (2015). Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology. Nature, 518 (7538), 197-206. doi: 10.1038/nature14177

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

2015

Journal Article

Dominance Genetic Variation Contributes Little to the Missing Heritability for Human Complex Traits

Zhu, Zhihong, Bakshi, Andrew, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Hemani, Gibran, Lee, Sang Hong, Nolte, Ilja M., vanVliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hill, William G., Weir, Bruce S., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). Dominance Genetic Variation Contributes Little to the Missing Heritability for Human Complex Traits. American Journal of Human Genetics, 96 (3), 377-385. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.01.001

Dominance Genetic Variation Contributes Little to the Missing Heritability for Human Complex Traits

2015

Journal Article

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Ferreira, Teresa, Locke, Adam E, Magi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J, Pers, Tune H, Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph M.W, Buchkovich, Martin L, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Roman, Tamara S, Drong, Alexander W, Song, Ci, Gustafsson, Stefan, Day, Felix R, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, Andre, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf ... Shah, Sonia (2015). New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution. Nature, 518 (7538), 187-196. doi: 10.1038/nature14132

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

2015

Journal Article

Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare

Mcrae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2015). Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (1), 13-18. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.85

Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare

2015

Journal Article

DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life

Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Chen, Brian H., Colicino, Elena, Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Henders, Anjali K., Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Murphy, Lee, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Feinberg, Andrew P., Fallin, M. Daniele, Multhaup, Michael L., Jaffe, Andrew E., Joehanes, Roby, Schwartz, Joel, Just, Allan C., Lunetta, Kathryn L., Murabito, Joanne M., Starr, John M., Horvath, Steve, Baccarelli, Andrea A., Levy, Daniel, Visscher, Peter M. ... Deary, Ian J. (2015). DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life. Genome Biology, 16 (1) 25, 25.1-25.12. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0584-6

DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life

2015

Journal Article

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

O'Dushlaine, Colm, Rossin, Lizzy, Lee, Phil H., Duncan, Laramie, Parikshak, Neelroop N., Newhouse, Stephen, Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Purcell, Shaun M., Posthuma, Danielle, Nurnberger, John I., Lee, S. Hong, Faraone, Stephen V., Perlis, Roy H., Mowry, Bryan J, Thapar, Anita, Goddard, Michael E., Witte, John S., Absher, Devin, Agartz, Ingrid, Akil, Huda, Amin, Farooq, Andreassen, Ole A., Anjorin, Adebayo, Anney, Richard, Anttila, Verneri, Arking, Dan E., Asherson, Philip, Azevedo, Maria H. ... Breen, Gerome (2015). Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (2), 199-209. doi: 10.1038/nn.3922

Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways