Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction

PA Demange, M Malanchini, TT Mallard, P Biroli… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Little is known about the genetic architecture of traits affecting educational attainment other
than cognitive ability. We used genomic structural equation modeling and prior genome …

[HTML][HTML] PUMAS: fine-tuning polygenic risk scores with GWAS summary statistics

Z Zhao, Y Yi, J Song, Y Wu, X Zhong, Y Lin, TJ Hohman… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have wide applications in human genetics research, but often
include tuning parameters which are difficult to optimize in practice due to limited access to …

Genetic “general intelligence,” objectively determined and measured

J de la Fuente, G Davies, AD Grotzinger… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
It has been known for 115 years that, in humans, diverse cognitive traits are positively
intercorrelated; this forms the basis for the general factor of intelligence (g). We directly test …