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2018

Journal Article

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

Hemani, Gibran, Zheng, Jie, Elsworth, Benjamin, Wade, Kaitlin H., Haberland, Valeriia, Baird, Denis, Laurin, Charles, Burgess, Stephen, Bowden, Jack, Langdon, Ryan, Tan, Vanessa Y., Yarmolinsky, James, Shihab, Hashem A., Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Relton, Caroline, Martin, Richard M., Davey Smith, George, Gaunt, Tom R. and Haycock, Philip C. (2018). The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome. eLife, 7 e34408. doi: 10.7554/eLife.34408

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

2018

Journal Article

Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Yarmolinsky, James, Bonilla, Carolina, Haycock, Philip C., Langdon, Ryan J. Q., Lotta, Luca A., Langenberg, Claudia, Relton, Caroline L., Lewis, Sarah J., Evans, David M., PRACTICAL Consortium, Davey Smith, George and Martin, Richard M. (2018). Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 110 (9) djy081, 1035-1038. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy081

Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

Hysi, Pirro G., Valdes, Ana M., Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Bataille, Veronique, Visconti, Alessia, Hemani, Gibran, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Bochao D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Gandin, Ilaria, Sala, Cinzia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan ... Spector, Timothy D. (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 652-656. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0100-5

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

Warrington, Nicole M., Shevroja, Enisa, Hemani, Gibran, Hysi, Pirro G., Jiang, Yunxuan, Auton, Adam, Boer, Cindy G., Mangino, Massimo, Wang, Carol A., Kemp, John P., McMahon, George, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Hickey, Martha, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wolke, Dieter, Ikram, Arfan M., 23 and Me Research Team, Montgomery, Grant W., Felix, Janine F., Wright, Margaret J., Mackey, David A., Jaddoe, Vincent W., Martin, Nicholas G., Tung, Joyce Y., Davey Smith, George, Pennell, Craig E., Spector, Tim D., van Meurs, Joyce, Rivadeneira, Fernando ... Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (11), 2025-2038. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy121

Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

2018

Journal Article

Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape

Evans, David M (2018). Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape. Nature Genetics, 50 (3), 319-321. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0065-4

Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape

2018

Journal Article

Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference

Corbin, Laura J., Tan, Vanessa Y., Hughes, David A., Wade, Kaitlin H., Paul, Dirk S., Tansey, Katherine E., Butcher, Frances, Dudbridge, Frank, Howson, Joanna M., Jallow, Momodou W., John, Catherine, Kingston, Nathalie, Lindgren, Cecilia M., O'Donavan, Michael, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Owen, Michael J., Palmer, Colin N. A., Pearson, Ewan R., Scott, Robert A., van Heel, David A., Whittaker, John, Frayling, Tim, Tobin, Martin D., Wain, Louise V., Smith, George Davey, Evans, David M., Karpe, Fredrik, McCarthy, Mark I., Danesh, John ... Timpson, Nicholas J. (2018). Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 711, 711. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03109-y

Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2018). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (4) ddx429, 742-756. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx429

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

2018

Journal Article

Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

Warrington, Nicole M., Freathy, Rachel M., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2018). Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (4), 1229-1241. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy015

Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

2018

Journal Article

MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

Qiao, Zhen, Powell, Joseph E. and Evans, David M. (2018). MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study. Genes, 9 (1) 53, 53. doi: 10.3390/genes9010053

MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

2018

Journal Article

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Kemp, John P., Trajanoska, Katerina, Luan, Jian'an, Chesi, Alessandra, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Ham, Annelies, Hartwig, Fernando P., Evans, Daniel S., Joro, Raimo, Nedeljkovic, Ivana, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Zhu, Kun, Atalay, Mustafa, Liu, Ching-Ti, Nethander, Maria, Broer, Linda, Porleifsson, Gudmar, Mullin, Benjamin H., Handelman, Samuel K., Nalls, Mike A., Jessen, Leon E, Heppe, Denise H. M., Richards, J. Brent, Wang, Carol, Chawes, Bo, Schraut, Katharina E, Amin, Najaf ... Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects. American journal of human genetics, 102 (1), 88-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.005

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

2018

Journal Article

ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties

St Pourcain, B., Robinson, E. B., Anttila, V., Sullivan, B. B., Maller, J., Golding, J., Skuse, D., Ring, S., Evans, D. M., Zammit, S., Fisher, S. E., Neale, B. M., Anney, R. J. L., Ripke, S., Hollegaard, M. V., Werge, T., Ronald, A., Grove, J., Hougaard, D. M., Børglum, A. D., Mortensen, P. B., Daly, M. J. and Davey Smith, G. (2018). ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (2), 263-270. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.198

ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties

2018

Conference Publication

The genetic architecture of hip statistical shape models suggests that endochondral bone formation makes an important contribution to hip shape

Baird, D., Evans, D. S., Gregory, J. S., Saunders, F. R., Giuraniuc, C. V., Barr, R. J., Aspden, R. M., Kamanu, F. K., Kiel, D. P., Orwoll, E. S., Cummings, S. R., Lane, N. E., Mullins, B. H., Williams, F. M., Richards, B., Wilson, S. G., Spector, T. D., Faber, B. G., Lawlor, D. A., Beck, T. J., Evans, D. M., Paternoster, L., Karasikl, D. and Tobias, J. H. (2018). The genetic architecture of hip statistical shape models suggests that endochondral bone formation makes an important contribution to hip shape. OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis - Promoting Clinical and Basic Research in Osteoarthritis, Liverpool, England, 26-29 April 2018. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

The genetic architecture of hip statistical shape models suggests that endochondral bone formation makes an important contribution to hip shape

2018

Conference Publication

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic disease

Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Horikoshi, Momoko, Day, Felix R., Ong, Ken K., McCarthy, Mark I., Perry, John R. B., Freathy, Rachel M. and Evans, David M. (2018). Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic disease. 27th Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society (IGES), San Diego, Ca, United States, 14-16 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic disease

2018

Journal Article

Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

Trajanoska, Katerina, Morris, John A., Oei, Ling, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Evans, David M., Kiel, Douglas P., Ohlsson, Claes, Richards, J. Brent and Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study. BMJ, 362 k3225, k3225. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3225

Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

2017

Journal Article

Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

Hendricks, Audrey E., Bochukova, Elena G., Marenne, Gaelle, Keogh, Julia M., Atanassova, Neli, Bounds, Rebecca, Wheeler, Eleanor, Mistry, Vanisha, Henning, Elana, Koerner, Antje, Muddyman, Dawn, McCarthy, Shane, Hinney, Anke, Hebebrand, Johannes, Scott, Robert A., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J., Surendran, Praveen, Howson, Joanna M., Butterworth, Adam S., Danesh, John, Nordestgaard, Borge G., Nielsen, Sune F., Afzal, Shoaib, Papadia, Sofia, Ashford, Sofie, Garg, Sumedha, Millhauser, Glenn L., Palomino, Rafael I. ... Yang, Jian (2017). Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 4394, 4394.1-4394.14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03054-8

Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

2017

Journal Article

Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

Zheng, Jie, Baird, Denis, Borges, Maria-Carolina, Bowden, Jack, Hemani, Gibran, Haycock, Philip, Evans, David M and Smith, George Davey (2017). Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies. Current epidemiology reports, 4 (4), 330-345. doi: 10.1007/s40471-017-0128-6

Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

2017

Journal Article

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

2017

Journal Article

Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

Paternoster, Lavinia, Savenije, Olga E.M., Heron, Jon, Evans, David M., Vonk, Judith M., Brunekreef, Bert, Wijga, Alet H., Henderson, A. John, Koppelman, Gerard H. and Brown, Sara J. (2017). Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141 (3), 964-971. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.09.044

Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

2017

Journal Article

Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

Laurin, Charles, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Hemani, Gibran, Smith, George Davey, Yang, Jian and Evans, David M. (2017). Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices. Behavior Genetics, 48 (1), 67-79. doi: 10.1007/s10519-017-9880-0

Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

2017

Journal Article

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain

Warrington, N. M., Richmond, R., Fenstra, B., Myhre, R., Gaillard, R., Paternoster, L., Wang, C. A., Beaumont, R. N., Das, S., Murcia, M., Barton, S. J., Espinosa, A., Thiering, E., Atalay, M., Pitkänen, N., Ntalla, I., Jonsson, A. E., Freathy, R., Karhunen, V., Tiesler, C. M. T., Allard, C., Crawford, A., Ring, S. M., Melbye, M., Magnus, P., Rivadeneira, F., Skotte, L., Hansen, T., Marsh, J. ... Lawlor, D. A. (2017). Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain. International Journal of Obesity (2005), 42 (4), 775-784. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.248

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain