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…
Large-scale genome-wide analyses of stuttering
Yairi, E. & Ambrose, N. Epidemiology of stuttering: 21st century advances. J. Fluen. Disord. 38, 66–87 (2013). Google…
Combined genome-wide association study of facial traits in Europeans increases explained variance and improves prediction
C-GWAS and replication highlight 62 novel face loci The C-GWAS discovery phase included 11,662 individuals of European descent…
Mapping the regulatory genetic landscape of complex traits using a chicken advanced intercross line
Ethics approval All animals involved in this study were housed and treated in accordance with the guidelines approved…
Mental health-related genes that are sensitive to the environment – Nature
Mental health-related genes that are sensitive to the environment Nature Genetics of monozygotic twins reveals the impact of environmental…
Genetic modifiers of somatic expansion and clinical phenotypes in Huntington’s disease highlight shared and tissue-specific effects
Huntington’s Disease Collaborative Research Group. A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on…
Genetic Risk Score Developed for Venous Thromboembolism
Credit: Dr_Microbe/Getty Images New research headed by a team at Lund University, Sweden, has identified three common gene…