Mendelian randomization

E Sanderson, MM Glymour, MV Holmes… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a term that applies to the use of genetic variation to
address causal questions about how modifiable exposures influence different outcomes …

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 …

Gene–environment correlations across geographic regions affect genome-wide association studies

A Abdellaoui, CV Dolan, KJH Verweij, MG Nivard - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Gene–environment correlations affect associations between genetic variants and complex
traits in genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Here we showed in up to 43,516 British …

Participation bias in the UK Biobank distorts genetic associations and downstream analyses

T Schoeler, D Speed, E Porcu, N Pirastu… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
While volunteer-based studies such as the UK Biobank have become the cornerstone of
genetic epidemiology, the participating individuals are rarely representative of their target …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023

S Burgess, GD Smith, NM Davies… - Wellcome open …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper provides guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations. It is
aimed at practitioners seeking to undertake analyses and write up their findings, and at …

Cross-trait assortative mating is widespread and inflates genetic correlation estimates

R Border, G Athanasiadis, A Buil, AJ Schork, N Cai… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The observation of genetic correlations between disparate human traits has been
interpreted as evidence of widespread pleiotropy. Here, we introduce cross-trait assortative …

Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe

RP Evershed, G Davey Smith, M Roffet-Salque… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations,
lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over …

New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

OA Andreassen, GFL Hindley, O Frei… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric genetics has made substantial progress in the last decade, providing new
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …

Timing of lifespan influences on brain and cognition

KB Walhovd, M Lövden, AM Fjell - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Modifiable risk and protective factors for boosting brain and cognitive development and
preventing neurodegeneration and cognitive decline are embraced in neuroimaging …

More than nature and nurture, indirect genetic effects on children's academic achievement are consequences of dynastic social processes

MG Nivard, DW Belsky, KP Harden, T Baier… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Families transmit genes and environments across generations. When parents'
genetics affect their children's environments, these two modes of inheritance can produce an …