Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Xinhe Zhang, Yuanjun Gu, Sharon A. S. Neufeld, Simon Baron-Cohen & Varun Warrier Autism Research…
Population-scale gene-based analysis of whole-genome sequencing provides insights into metabolic health
To identify genes associated with either adult BMI or T2D risk, we performed association testing using WGS data…
A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum
Study design The UKB is a prospective cohort study from the UK that contains more than 500,000 volunteers…
Advances in haplotype phasing and genotype imputation
Voight, B. F., Kudaravalli, S., Wen, X. & Pritchard, J. K. A map of recent positive selection in…
Genetic architecture of plasma metabolome in 254,825 individuals
Population characteristics We included 254,825 UKB participants with both metabolomic and genomic data available after quality control. The…
Pan-UK Biobank genome-wide association analyses enhance discovery and resolution of ancestry-enriched effects
Abul-Husn, N. S. & Kenny, E. E. Personalized medicine and the power of electronic health records. Cell 177,…
Research uncovers gene variant role in disease biology
New research has filled in missing links between gene variants that have been implicated in disease through genome-wide…
African American ancestry study identifies new lung cancer risk factors
Cancer Despite having lower smoking habits than other groups in the U.S., Black Americans are more likely to…
Psychiatric Disorders and Brain Structure Connected via Genetic Mapping
Credit: Floaria Bicher / iStock / Getty Images Plus Researchers have long hypothesized that the genes influencing the…
Parent-of-origin effects on complex traits in up to 236,781 individuals
UK Biobank genotype processing We used the UK Biobank Axiom Array data provided in PLINK format39 and converted…