[HTML][HTML] 15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise

A Abdellaoui, L Yengo, KJH Verweij… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
It has been 15 years since the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) era.
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …

Genetic determinism, essentialism and reductionism: semantic clarity for contested science

KP Harden - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Research linking genetic differences with human social and behavioural phenotypes has
long been controversial. Frequently, debates about the ethical, social and legal implications …

Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases

Y Chen, T Lu, U Pettersson-Kymmer, ID Stewart… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic processes can influence disease risk and provide therapeutic targets. By
conducting genome-wide association studies of 1,091 blood metabolites and 309 metabolite …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotype integration improves power and preserves specificity in biobank-based genetic studies of major depressive disorder

A Dahl, M Thompson, U An, M Krebs, V Appadurai… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Biobanks often contain several phenotypes relevant to diseases such as major depressive
disorder (MDD), with partly distinct genetic architectures. Researchers face complex …

Genetic insights into human cortical organization and development through genome-wide analyses of 2,347 neuroimaging phenotypes

V Warrier, EM Stauffer, QQ Huang, EM Wigdor… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Our understanding of the genetics of the human cerebral cortex is limited both in terms of the
diversity and the anatomical granularity of brain structural phenotypes. Here we conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of item nonresponse behaviour to survey questionnaires are systematic and associated with genetic loci

G Mignogna, CE Carey, R Wedow, N Baya… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Response to survey questionnaires is vital for social and behavioural research, and most
analyses assume full and accurate response by participants. However, nonresponse is …

The roles of social–emotional skills in students' academic and life success: A multi-informant and multicohort perspective.

J Guo, X Tang, HW Marsh, P Parker… - Journal of Personality …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Social–emotional skills have been shown to be beneficial for many important life outcomes
for students. However, previous studies on the topic have suffered from many issues (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic associations with parental investment from conception to wealth inheritance in six cohorts

J Wertz, TE Moffitt, L Arseneault, JC Barnes… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic inheritance is not the only way parents' genes may affect children. It is also possible
that parents' genes are associated with investments into children's development. We …

[HTML][HTML] How to get things done: Tight linkage of conscientiousness with twelve mechanisms of Goal Setting Theory

TC Bates, T Enkhbat, E Gray, J Lee… - Personality and Individual …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conscientiousness (C) is manifested in orderly, responsible, industrious, ambitious, dutiful,
and rule-abiding behavior and in desired outcomes as diverse as work, health, and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of rare protein coding genetic variation on adult cognitive function

CY Chen, R Tian, T Ge, M Lam, G Sanchez-Andrade… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Compelling evidence suggests that human cognitive function is strongly influenced by
genetics. Here, we conduct a large-scale exome study to examine whether rare protein …