On the importance of parenting in externalizing disorders: an evaluation of indirect genetic effects in families

EM Eilertsen, R Cheesman, Z Ayorech… - Journal of child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Theoretical models of the development of childhood externalizing disorders
emphasize the role of parents. Empirical studies have not been able to identify specific …

Cross-ancestry atlas of gene, isoform, and splicing regulation in the developing human brain

C Wen, M Margolis, R Dai, P Zhang, PF Przytycki… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Neuropsychiatric genome-wide association studies (GWASs), including those for autism
spectrum disorder and schizophrenia, show strong enrichment for regulatory elements in the …

Ordered multinomial regression for genetic association analysis of ordinal phenotypes at Biobank scale

CA German, JS Sinsheimer, YC Klimentidis… - Genetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Logistic regression is the primary analysis tool for binary traits in genome‐wide association
studies (GWAS). Multinomial regression extends logistic regression to multiple categories …

Disentangling direct and indirect genetic effects from partners and offspring on maternal depression using trio-GCTA

LD Bjørndal, EM Eilertsen, Z Ayorech… - Nature Mental …, 2024 - nature.com
Maternal depressive symptoms are highly prevalent and can negatively impact affected
individuals and family members. Understanding etiological influences on maternal …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-ancestry, cell-type-informed atlas of gene, isoform, and splicing regulation in the developing human brain

C Wen, M Margolis, R Dai, P Zhang, PF Przytycki… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Genomic regulatory elements active in the developing human brain are notably enriched in
genetic risk for neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

GeneticsMakie. jl: A versatile and scalable toolkit for visualizing locus-level genetic and genomic data

M Kim, DD Vo, ME Kumagai, CT Jops… - Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
With the continued deluge of results from genome-wide association and functional genomic
studies, it has become increasingly imperative to quickly combine and visualize different …

Heritability of interpack aggression in a wild pedigreed population of North American grey wolves

BM vonHoldt, AL DeCandia, E Heppenheimer… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aggression is a quantitative trait deeply entwined with individual fitness. Mapping the
genomic architecture underlying such traits is complicated by complex inheritance patterns …

A Polynesian-specific missense CETP variant alters the lipid profile

J Moors, M Krishnan, N Sumpter, R Takei… - Human Genetics and …, 2023 - cell.com
Identifying population-specific genetic variants associated with disease and disease-
predisposing traits is important to provide insights into the genetic determinants of health …

A gene-level test for directional selection on gene expression

LL Colbran, FC Ramos-Almodovar, I Mathieson - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Most variants identified in human genome-wide association studies and scans for selection
are noncoding. Interpretation of their effects and the way in which they contribute to …

Iterative hard thresholding in genome-wide association studies: Generalized linear models, prior weights, and double sparsity

BB Chu, KL Keys, CA German, H Zhou, JJ Zhou… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Consecutive testing of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is usually
employed to identify genetic variants associated with complex traits. Ideally one should …