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Professor David Evans

NHMRC Leadership Fellow - Group Lea

Institute for Molecular Bioscience
d.evans1@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 62617

Overview

David Evans is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor of Statistical Genetics at the University of Queensland Institute for Molecular Bioscience. He is a winner of the NHMRC Marshall and Warren Award.

He completed his PhD in Statistical Genetics at the University of Queensland in 2003, before undertaking a four-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford where he worked as part of the The International HapMap Consortium and co-led the analysis of four diseases within the first Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium. In 2007 he moved to take up a Senior Lecturer position at the University of Bristol where he led much of the genome-wide association studies work in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). In 2013 he returned to take up a chair at the University of Queensland whilst continuing to lead an MRC Programme in statistical genetics at the University of Bristol.

His research interests include the genetic mapping of complex traits and diseases (including birthweight and other perinatal traits, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, sepsis, laterality) and the development of statistical methodologies in genetic epidemiology including approaches for gene mapping, individual risk prediction, causal modelling and dissecting the genetic architecture of complex traits. He has a particular interest in Mendelian randomization and has used it and other causal methods to investigate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)- the idea that adverse intrauterine exposures lead to increased risk of disease in later life.

He is Academic Codirector at the NIH funded International Workshop on Statistical Genetics Methods and is faculty on the European Programme in Educational Epidemiology.

He is Associate Editor at the International Journal of Epidemiology and Behavior Genetics journals.

Research Interests

  • Mendelian randomization
  • Genome-wide association studies
  • Causal Modeling
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
  • Laterality
  • Sepsis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Multi-omic Approaches to Understanding Septic Shock

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Investigating the association between maternal and fetal HLA-KIR genotypes and offspring birth weight

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Understanding the genetic epidemiology of women's reproductive health

    Doctor Philosophy

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Available Projects

  • Sometimes Correlation does Equal Causation: Developing Statistical Methods to Determine Causality Using Genetic Data

    There is a well-known mantra that correlation does not necessarily equal causation. This is why randomized controlled trials in which participants are physically randomized into treatment and placebo groups are the gold standard for assessing causality in epidemiological investigations. However, what is less appreciated is that strong evidence for causality can sometimes be obtained using observational data only. In particular, genotypes are randomly transmitted from parents to their offspring independent of the environment and other confounding factors, meaning that genotypes associated with particular traits can be used like natural “randomized controlled trials” to examine whether these traits causally affect risk of disease.

    The aim of this PhD project is to develop statistical methods to assess causality using observational data alone. The successful candidate will gain experience across a wide range of advanced statistical genetics methodologies including Mendelian randomization (a way of using genetic variants to investigate putatively causal relationships), structural equation modelling, genome-wide association analysis (GWAS), genetic restricted maximum likelihood (G-REML) analysis of genome-wide data which can be used to partition variation in phenotypes into genetic and environmental sources of variation, and instrumental variables analysis (using natural “experiments” to obtain information on causality from observational data). The candidate will apply the new statistical methods that they develop to large genetically informative datasets like the UK Biobank (500,000 individuals with genome-wide SNP data).

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Davies, Neil M., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2022). Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs. Combining human genetics and causal inference to understand human disease and development. (pp. 137-150) edited by George Davey Smith, Rebecca Richmond and Jean-Baptiste Pingault. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

  • Detailing patient specific modeling to aid clinical decision-making

    Richmond, S., Al Ali, A. M., Beldie, L., Chong, Y. T., Cronin, A., Djordjevic, J., Drage, N. A., Evans, D. M., Jones, D., Lu, Y., Marshall, D., Middleton, J., Parker, G., Paternoster, L., Playle, R. A., Popat, H., Rosin, P. L., Sidorov, K., Toma, A. M., Walker, B., Wilson, C. and Zhurov, A. I. (2012). Detailing patient specific modeling to aid clinical decision-making. Patient-Specific Computational Modeling. (pp. 105-131) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4552-0_5

  • Gene-gene interaction and epistasis

    Evans, David M. (2011). Gene-gene interaction and epistasis. Analysis of complex disease association studies. (pp. 197-213) edited by Eleftheria Zeggini and Andrew Morris. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375142-3.10012-4

  • Mapping complex disease genes using linkage disequilibrium and genomewide association scans

    Palmer, Lyle J., Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Smith, George Davey and Cardon, Lon R. (2011). Mapping complex disease genes using linkage disequilibrium and genomewide association scans. An Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology. (pp. 91-130) Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press.

Journal Article

  • A genome-wide association study provides insights into the genetic etiology of 57 essential and non-essential trace elements in humans

    Moksnes, Marta R., Hansen, Ailin F., Wolford, Brooke N., Thomas, Laurent F., Rasheed, Humaira, Simić, Anica, Bhatta, Laxmi, Brantsæter, Anne Lise, Surakka, Ida, Zhou, Wei, Magnus, Per, Njølstad, Pål R., Andreassen, Ole A., Syversen, Tore, Zheng, Jie, Fritsche, Lars G., Evans, David M., Warrington, Nicole M., Nøst, Therese H., Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Flaten, Trond Peder, Willer, Cristen J., Hveem, Kristian and Brumpton, Ben M. (2024). A genome-wide association study provides insights into the genetic etiology of 57 essential and non-essential trace elements in humans. Communications Biology, 7 (1) 432. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06101-z

  • Estimating disease heritability from complex pedigrees allowing for ascertainment and covariates

    Speed, Doug and Evans, David M. (2024). Estimating disease heritability from complex pedigrees allowing for ascertainment and covariates. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 111 (4), 680-690. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.02.010

  • Maternal plasma cortisol’s effect on offspring birth weight: a Mendelian Randomisation study

    Thompson, WD, Reynolds, RM, Beaumont, RN, Warrington, NM, Tyrrell, J, Wood, AR, Evans, DM, McDonald, TJ, Hattersley, AH, Freathy, RM, Lawlor, DA and Borges, MC (2024). Maternal plasma cortisol’s effect on offspring birth weight: a Mendelian Randomisation study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24 (1) 65, 65. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06250-3

  • Intrauterine growth and offspring neurodevelopmental traits: a Mendelian randomization analysis of the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study (MoBa)

    D’Urso, Shannon, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Hannigan, Laurie J., Corfield, Elizabeth C., Ask, Helga, Johannson, Stefan, Njølstad, Pål Rasmus, Beaumont, Robin N., Freathy, Rachel M., Evans, David M. and Havdahl, Alexandra (2023). Intrauterine growth and offspring neurodevelopmental traits: a Mendelian randomization analysis of the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study (MoBa). JAMA Psychiatry, 81 (2), 144. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3872

  • Partitioning genetic effects on birthweight at classical human leukocyte antigen loci into maternal and fetal components, using structural equation modelling

    Wang, Geng, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2023). Partitioning genetic effects on birthweight at classical human leukocyte antigen loci into maternal and fetal components, using structural equation modelling. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53 (1) dyad142, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad142

  • Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth

    Beaumont, Robin N., Flatley, Christopher, Vaudel, Marc, Wu, Xiaoping, Chen, Jing, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Skotte, Line, Helgeland, Øyvind, Solé-Navais, Pol, Banasik, Karina, Albiñana, Clara, Ronkainen, Justiina, Fadista, João, Stinson, Sara Elizabeth, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wang, Carol A., Westergaard, David, Srinivasan, Sundararajan, Sánchez-Soriano, Carlos, Bilbao, Jose Ramon, Allard, Catherine, Groleau, Marika, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Leirer, Daniel J., White, Frédérique, Jacques, Pierre-Étienne, Cheng, Haoxiang, Hao, Ke, Andreassen, Ole A. ... The Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium (2023). Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth. Nature Genetics, 55 (11), 1807-1819. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01520-w

  • Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth

    Beaumont, Robin N., Flatley, Christopher, Vaudel, Marc, Wu, Xiaoping, Chen, Jing, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Skotte, Line, Helgeland, Oyvind, Sole-Navais, Pol, Banasik, Karina, Albinana, Clara, Ronkainen, Justiina, Fadista, Joao, Stinson, Sara Elizabeth, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wang, Carol A., Westergaard, David, Srinivasan, Sundararajan, Sanchez-Soriano, Carlos, Bilbao, Jose Ramon, Allard, Catherine, Groleau, Marika, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Leirer, Daniel J., White, Frederique, Jacques, Pierre-etienne, Cheng, Haoxiang, Hao, Ke, Andreassen, Ole A. ... Njolstad, Pal R. (2023). Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth. Nature Genetics. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01520

  • Educational attainment, health outcomes and mortality: a within-sibship Mendelian randomization study

    Howe, Laurence J., Rasheed, Humaira, Jones, Paul R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Evans, David M., Giannelis, Alexandros, Hayward, Caroline, Hopper, John L., Hughes, Amanda, Lahtinen, Hannu, Li, Shuai, Lind, Penelope A., Martin, Nicholas G., Martikainen, Pekka, Medland, Sarah E., Morris, Tim T., Nivard, Michel G., Pingault, Jean-Baptiste, Silventoinen, Karri, Smith, Jennifer A., Willoughby, Emily A., Wilson, James F., Ahlskog, Rafael, Andreassen, Ole A., Ask, Helga, Campbell, Archie, Cheesman, Rosa, Cho, Yoonsu, Christensen, Kaare ... Within Family Consortium (2023). Educational attainment, health outcomes and mortality: a within-sibship Mendelian randomization study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52 (5), 1579-1591. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad079

  • The identification of distinct protective and susceptibility mechanisms for hip osteoarthritis: findings from a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of minimum joint space width and Mendelian randomisation cluster analyses

    Faber, Benjamin G., Frysz, Monika, Boer, Cindy G., Evans, Daniel S., Ebsim, Raja, Flynn, Kaitlyn A., Lundberg, Mischa, Southam, Lorraine, Hartley, April, Saunders, Fiona R., Lindner, Claudia, Gregory, Jennifer S., Aspden, Richard M., Lane, Nancy E., Harvey, Nicholas C., Evans, David M., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Davey Smith, George, Cootes, Timothy, Van Meurs, Joyce, Kemp, John P. and Tobias, Jonathan H. (2023). The identification of distinct protective and susceptibility mechanisms for hip osteoarthritis: findings from a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of minimum joint space width and Mendelian randomisation cluster analyses. eBioMedicine, 95 104759, 104759. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104759

  • Understanding national variations in reusable packaging: Commercial drivers, regulatory factors, and provisioning systems

    Beswick-Parsons, Rorie, Jackson, Peter and Evans, David M. (2023). Understanding national variations in reusable packaging: Commercial drivers, regulatory factors, and provisioning systems. Geoforum, 145 ARTN 103844, 103844. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103844

  • Bone mineral density loci specific to the skull portray potential pleiotropic effects on craniosynostosis

    Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mullin, Benjamin H., Chesi, Alessandra, Prijatelj, Vid, Kemp, John P., Shochat-Carvalho, Chen, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wang, Carol, Joro, Raimo, Evans, Tavia E., Schraut, Katharina E., Li-Gao, Ruifang, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Zillikens, M. Carola, Zhu, Kun, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Evans, Daniel S., Nethander, Maria, Knol, Maria J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Prokic, Ivana, Zemel, Babette, Broer, Linda, McGuigan, Fiona E., van Schoor, Natasja M., Reppe, Sjur, Pawlak, Mikolaj A., Ralston, Stuart H., van der Velde, Nathalie ... Rivadeneira, Fernando (2023). Bone mineral density loci specific to the skull portray potential pleiotropic effects on craniosynostosis. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 691, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04869-0

  • Insulin and body mass index decrease serum soluble leptin receptor levels in humans

    Sommer, Christine, Vangberg, Kjersti G., Moen, Gunn-Helen, Evans, David M., Lee-Ødegård, Sindre, Blom-Høgestøl, Ingvild K., Sletner, Line, Jenum, Anne K., Drevon, Christian A., Gulseth, Hanne L. and Birkeland, Kåre I. (2023). Insulin and body mass index decrease serum soluble leptin receptor levels in humans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 108 (5), 1110-1119. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac699

  • Do environmental effects indexed by parental genetic variation influence common psychiatric symptoms in childhood?

    Jami, Eshim S., Hammerschlag, Anke R., Sallis, Hannah M., Qiao, Zhen, Andreassen, Ole A., Magnus, Per M., Njølstad, Pål R., Havdahl, Alexandra, Pingault, Jean-Baptiste, Evans, David M., Munafò, Marcus R., Ystrom, Eivind, Bartels, Meike and Middeldorp, Christel (2023). Do environmental effects indexed by parental genetic variation influence common psychiatric symptoms in childhood?. Translational Psychiatry, 13 (1) 94, 1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02348-y

  • Money, Debt and Finance: Reclaiming the Conditions of Possibility in Consumption Research

    Evans, David M. and Gregson, Nicky (2023). Money, Debt and Finance: Reclaiming the Conditions of Possibility in Consumption Research. Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association, 57 (6), 1491-1506. doi: 10.1177/00380385231156339

  • Causal effects of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Zhao, Jian, Stewart, Isobel D., Baird, Denis, Mason, Dan, Wright, John, Zheng, Jie, Gaunt, Tom R., Evans, David M., Freathy, Rachel M., Langenberg, Claudia, Warrington, Nicole M., Lawlor, Deborah A. and Borges, Maria Carolina (2023). Causal effects of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomisation study. eBioMedicine, 88 104441, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104441

  • Investigating a possible causal relationship between maternal serum urate concentrations and offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomization study

    Decina, Caitlin S., Hopkins, Rhian, Bowden, Jack, Shields, Beverly M., Lawlor, Deborah A., Warrington, Nicole M., Evans, David M., Freathy, Rachel M. and Beaumont, Robin N. (2023). Investigating a possible causal relationship between maternal serum urate concentrations and offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomization study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52 (1), 178-189. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac186

  • Production and consumption in agri-food transformations: Rethinking integrative perspectives

    Beacham, Jonathan D. and Evans, David M. (2023). Production and consumption in agri-food transformations: Rethinking integrative perspectives. Sociologia Ruralis, 63 (2), 309-327. doi: 10.1111/soru.12423

  • Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis

    Li, Zhixiu, McRae, Allan F., Wang, Geng, Ellis, Jonathan J., Whyte, Jessica, Kenna, Tony J., Brown, Matthew A. and Evans, David M. (2023). Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis. Nature Genetics, 55 (1), 14-16. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01250-5

  • Rare variant analyses across multiethnic cohorts identify novel genes for refractive error

    Musolf, Anthony M., Haarman, Annechien E. G., Luben, Robert N., Ong, Jue-Sheng, Patasova, Karina, Trapero, Rolando Hernandez, Marsh, Joseph, Jain, Ishika, Jain, Riya, Wang, Paul Zhiping, Lewis, Deyana D., Tedja, Milly S., Iglesias, Adriana I., Li, Hengtong, Cowan, Cameron S., Baird, Paul Nigel, Veluchamy, Amutha Barathi, Burdon, Kathryn P., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Li Jia, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Chew, Emily Y., Craig, Jamie E., Cumberland, Phillippa M., Deangelis, Margaret M., Delcourt, Cécile, Ding, Xiaohu, Evans, David M., Fan, Qiao ... Bailey-Wilson, Joan E. (2023). Rare variant analyses across multiethnic cohorts identify novel genes for refractive error. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 6, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04323-7

  • Novel genetic determinants of dental maturation in children

    Grgic, O., Prijatelj, V., Dudakovic, A., Vucic, S., Dhamo, B., Trajanoska, K., Monnereau, C., Zrimsek, M., Gautvik, K.M., Reppe, S., Shimizu, E., Haworth, S., Timpson, N.J., Jaddoe, V.W.V., Jarvelin, M.-R., Evans, D., Uitterlinden, A.G., Ongkosuwito, E.M., van Wijnen, A.J., Medina-Gomez, C., Rivadeneira, F. and Wolvius, E.B. (2023). Novel genetic determinants of dental maturation in children. Journal of Dental Research, 102 (3), 349-356. doi: 10.1177/00220345221132268

  • Using genomic structural equation modeling to partition the genetic covariance between birthweight and cardiometabolic risk factors into maternal and offspring components in the Norwegian HUNT study

    Moen, Gunn-Helen, Nivard, Michel, Bhatta, Laxmi, Warrington, Nicole M., Willer, Cristen, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Brumpton, Ben and Evans, David M. (2022). Using genomic structural equation modeling to partition the genetic covariance between birthweight and cardiometabolic risk factors into maternal and offspring components in the Norwegian HUNT study. Behavior Genetics, 53 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10519-022-10116-9

  • Mendelian randomization analysis of factors related to ovulation and reproductive function and endometrial cancer risk

    D’Urso, Shannon, Arumugam, Pooja, Weider, Therese, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Bond, Tom A., Kemp, John P., Warrington, Nicole M., Evans, David M., O’Mara, Tracy A. and Moen, Gunn-Helen (2022). Mendelian randomization analysis of factors related to ovulation and reproductive function and endometrial cancer risk. BMC Medicine, 20 (1) 419, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02585-w

  • Birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors: a discordant twin study in the UK Biobank

    Wang, Geng, Bond, Tom A., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2022). Birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors: a discordant twin study in the UK Biobank. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 14 (2) PII S2040174422000538, 1-7. doi: 10.1017/s2040174422000538

  • Using adopted individuals to partition indirect maternal genetic effects into prenatal and postnatal effects on offspring phenotypes

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Moen, Gunn-Helen and Evans, David M. (2022). Using adopted individuals to partition indirect maternal genetic effects into prenatal and postnatal effects on offspring phenotypes. eLife, 11 e73671, 1-27. doi: 10.7554/elife.73671

  • Evaluating indirect genetic effects of siblings using singletons

    Howe, Laurence J., Evans, David M., Hemani, Gibran, Davey Smith, George and Davies, Neil M. (2022). Evaluating indirect genetic effects of siblings using singletons. PLOS Genetics, 18 (7) e1010247, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010247

  • Mendelian randomization study of maternal coffee consumption and its influence on birthweight, stillbirth, miscarriage, gestational age and pre-term birth

    Brito Nunes, Caroline, Huang, Peiyuan, Wang, Geng, Lundberg, Mischa, D’Urso, Shannon, Wootton, Robyn E., Borges, Maria Carolina, Lawlor, Deborah A., Warrington, Nicole M., Evans, David M., Hwang, Liang-Dar and Moen, Gunn-Helen (2022). Mendelian randomization study of maternal coffee consumption and its influence on birthweight, stillbirth, miscarriage, gestational age and pre-term birth. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac121

  • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects

    Howe, Laurence J., Nivard, Michel G., Morris, Tim T., Hansen, Ailin F., Rasheed, Humaira, Cho, Yoonsu, Chittoor, Geetha, Ahlskog, Rafael, Lind, Penelope A., Palviainen, Teemu, van der Zee, Matthijs D., Cheesman, Rosa, Mangino, Massimo, Wang, Yunzhang, Li, Shuai, Klaric, Lucija, Ratliff, Scott M., Bielak, Lawrence F., Nygaard, Marianne, Giannelis, Alexandros, Willoughby, Emily A., Reynolds, Chandra A., Balbona, Jared V., Andreassen, Ole A., Ask, Helga, Baras, Aris, Bauer, Christopher R., Boomsma, Dorret I., Campbell, Archie ... Within Family Consortium (2022). Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects. Nature Genetics, 54 (5), 581-592. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01062-7

  • DNA methylation in peripheral tissues and left-handedness

    Odintsova, Veronika V., Suderman, Matthew, Hagenbeek, Fiona A., Caramaschi, Doretta, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Pool, René, Dolan, Conor V., Ligthart, Lannie, van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M, Willemsen, Gonneke, de Geus, Eco J C, Beck, Jeffrey J., Ehli, Erik A., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Evans, David M., Medland, Sarah E., Relton, Caroline L., Boomsma, Dorret I. and van Dongen, Jenny (2022). DNA methylation in peripheral tissues and left-handedness. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 5606, 5606. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-08998-0

  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

    Okbay, Aysu, Wu, Yeda, Wang, Nancy, Jayashankar, Hariharan, Bennett, Michael, Nehzati, Seyed Moeen, Sidorenko, Julia, Kweon, Hyeokmoon, Goldman, Grant, Gjorgjieva, Tamara, Jiang, Yunxuan, Hicks, Barry, Tian, Chao, Hinds, David A., Ahlskog, Rafael, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Oskarsson, Sven, Hayward, Caroline, Campbell, Archie, Porteous, David J., Freese, Jeremy, Herd, Pamela, Watson, Chelsea, Jala, Jonathan, Conley, Dalton, Koellinger, Philipp D., Johannesson, Magnus, Laibson, David, Meyer, Michelle N. ... Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2022). Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals. Nature Genetics, 54 (4), 437-449. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01016-z

  • Exploring the causal effect of maternal pregnancy adiposity on offspring adiposity: Mendelian randomisation using polygenic risk scores

    Bond, Tom A., Richmond, Rebecca C., Karhunen, Ville, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Borges, Maria Carolina, Zuber, Verena, Couto Alves, Alexessander, Mason, Dan, Yang, Tiffany C., Gunter, Marc J., Dehghan, Abbas, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Sebert, Sylvain, Evans, David M., Lewin, Alex M., O’Reilly, Paul F., Lawlor, Deborah A. and Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta (2022). Exploring the causal effect of maternal pregnancy adiposity on offspring adiposity: Mendelian randomisation using polygenic risk scores. BMC Medicine, 20 (1) 34, 1-16. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02216-w

  • Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns

    Li, Jinxi, Glover, James D., Zhang, Haiguo, Peng, Meifang, Tan, Jingze, Mallick, Chandana Basu, Hou, Dan, Yang, Yajun, Wu, Sijie, Liu, Yu, Peng, Qianqian, Zheng, Shijie C., Crosse, Edie I., Medvinsky, Alexander, Anderson, Richard A., Brown, Helen, Yuan, Ziyu, Zhou, Shen, Xu, Yanqing, Kemp, John P., Ho, Yvonne Y.W., Loesch, Danuta Z., Wang, Lizhong, Li, Yingxiang, Tang, Senwei, Wu, Xiaoli, Walters, Robin G., Lin, Kuang, Meng, Ruogu ... Wang, Sijia (2022). Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns. Cell, 185 (1), 95-112.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.008

  • Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

    Wang, Geng, Bhatta, Laxmi, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Kemp, John P., Bond, Tom A., Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Brumpton, Ben, Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2022). Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health. Hypertension, 79 (1), 170-177. doi: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17701

  • Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favourable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight

    Thompson, William D., Beaumont, Robin N., Kuang, Alan, Warrington, Nicole M., Ji, Yingjie, Tyrrell, Jess, Wood, Andrew R., Scholtens, Denise, Knight, Bridget A., Evans, David M., Lowe, Bill L., Santorelli, Gillian, Azad, Raq, Mason, Dan, Hattersley, Andrew T., Frayling, Timothy M., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Borges, Maria-Carolina, Lawlor, Deborah A. and Freathy, Rachel M. (2021). Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favourable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight. Human Molecular Genetics, 31 (11), 1762-1775. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab356

  • Dnmt3a-mutated clonal hematopoiesis promotes osteoporosis

    Kim, Peter Geon, Niroula, Abhishek, Shkolnik, Veronica, McConkey, Marie, Lin, Amy E., Słabicki, Mikołaj, Kemp, John P., Bick, Alexander, Gibson, Christopher J., Griffin, Gabriel, Sekar, Aswin, Brooks, Daniel J., Wong, Waihay J., Cohen, Drew N., Uddin, Md Mesbah, Shin, Wesley J., Pirruccello, James, Tsai, Jonathan M., Agrawal, Mridul, Kiel, Douglas P., Bouxsein, Mary L., Richards, J. Brent, Evans, David M., Wein, Marc N., Charles, Julia F., Jaiswal, Siddhartha, Natarajan, Pradeep and Ebert, Benjamin L. (2021). Dnmt3a-mutated clonal hematopoiesis promotes osteoporosis. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 218 (12) e20211872. doi: 10.1084/jem.20211872

  • Higher maternal adiposity reduces offspring birthweight if associated with a metabolically favourable profile

    Thompson, William D., Beaumont, Robin N., Kuang, Alan, Warrington, Nicole M., Ji, Yingjie, Tyrrell, Jessica, Wood, Andrew R., Scholtens, Denise M., Knight, Bridget A., Evans, David M., Lowe, William L., Santorelli, Gillian, Azad, Rafaq, Mason, Dan, Hattersley, Andrew T., Frayling, Timothy M., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Borges, Maria Carolina, Lawlor, Deborah A. and Freathy, Rachel M. (2021). Higher maternal adiposity reduces offspring birthweight if associated with a metabolically favourable profile. Diabetologia, 64 (12), 2790-2802. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05570-9

  • Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using genome-wide summary results data

    Warrington, Nicole M., Hwang, Liang-Dar, Nivard, Michel G. and Evans, David M. (2021). Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using genome-wide summary results data. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 5420, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25723-z

  • Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Two Novel Loci Associated with Female Stress and Urgency Urinary Incontinence

    Cartwright, Rufus, Franklin, Larissa, Tikkinen, Kari A. O., Kalliala, Ilkka, Miotla, Pawel, Rechberger, Tomasz, Offiah, Ifeoma, McMahon, Steve, O'Reilly, Barry, Lince, Sabrina, Kluivers, Kirsten, Post, Wilke M., Poelmans, Geert, Palmer, Melody R., Wessells, Hunter, Wong, Andrew, Kuh, Diana, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Mangino, Massimo, Spector, Tim, Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Lehne, Benjamin, De Silva, N. Maneka G., Evans, David M., Lawlor, Debbie, Karhunen, Ville, Mannikko, Minna, Marczak, Malgorzata ... Walley, Andrew (2021). Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Two Novel Loci Associated with Female Stress and Urgency Urinary Incontinence. Journal of Urology, 206 (3), 680-687.

  • Genome-wide association study identifies two novel loci associated with female stress and urgency urinary incontinence

    Cartwright, Rufus, Franklin, Larissa, Tikkinen, Kari A. O., Kalliala, Ilkka, Miotla, Pawel, Rechberger, Tomasz, Offiah, Ifeoma, McMahon, Steve, O'Reilly, Barry, Lince, Sabrina, Kluivers, Kirsten, Post, Wilke M., Poelmans, Geert, Palmer, Melody R., Wessells, Hunter, Wong, Andrew, Kuh, Diana, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Mangino, Massimo, Spector, Tim, Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Lehne, Benjamin, De Silva, N. Maneka G., Evans, David M., Lawlor, Debbie, Karhunen, Ville, Männikkö, Minna, Marczak, Malgorzata ... Walley, Andrew (2021). Genome-wide association study identifies two novel loci associated with female stress and urgency urinary incontinence. The Journal of Urology, 206 (3), 679-687. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001822

  • Ten simple rules for conducting a mendelian randomization study

    Gagliano Taliun, Sarah A. and Evans, David M. (2021). Ten simple rules for conducting a mendelian randomization study. PLoS Computational Biology, 17 (8) e1009238, 1-8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009238

  • Shedding light on the genetics of fetal growth

    Evans, David M. and Freathy, Rachel M. (2021). Shedding light on the genetics of fetal growth. Nature Genetics, 53 (8), 1120-1121. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00902-2

  • The relationship between adrenocortical candidate gene expression and clinical response to hydrocortisone in patients with septic shock

    Cohen, Jeremy, Blumenthal, Antje, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Evans, David M., Finfer, Simon, Li, Qiang, Ljungberg, Johanna, Myburgh, John, Peach, Elizabeth, Powell, Joseph, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Rhodes, Andrew, Senabouth, Anne and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2021). The relationship between adrenocortical candidate gene expression and clinical response to hydrocortisone in patients with septic shock. Intensive Care Medicine, 47 (9), 974-983. doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06464-5

  • Correction to: The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Mitchell, Brittany L., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2021). Correction to: The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption. Behavior Genetics, 51 (4), 441-442. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10065-9

  • Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease

    Youlten, Scott E., Kemp, John P., Logan, John G., Ghirardello, Elena J., Sergio, Claudio M., Dack, Michael R. G., Guilfoyle, Siobhan E., Leitch, Victoria D., Butterfield, Natalie C., Komla-Ebri, Davide, Chai, Ryan C., Corr, Alexander P., Smith, James T., Mohanty, Sindhu T., Morris, John A., McDonald, Michelle M., Quinn, Julian M. W., McGlade, Amelia R., Bartonicek, Nenad, Jansson, Matt, Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos, Irving, Melita D., Beleza-Meireles, Ana, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Duncan, Emma, Richards, J. Brent, Adams, David J., Lelliott, Christopher J., Brink, Robert ... Croucher, Peter I. (2021). Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2444, 1-21. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22517-1

  • Introduction to the special issue on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits

    Evans, David M., Medland, Sarah E. and Prom-Wormley, Elizabeth (2021). Introduction to the special issue on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 165-169. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10057-9

  • Direct and indirect effects of maternal, paternal, and offspring genotypes: Trio-GCTA

    Eilertsen, Espen Moen, Jami, Eshim Shahid, McAdams, Tom A., Hannigan, Laurie J., Havdahl, Alexandra S., Magnus, Per, Evans, David M. and Ystrom, Eivind (2021). Direct and indirect effects of maternal, paternal, and offspring genotypes: Trio-GCTA. Behavior Genetics, 51 (2), 154-161. doi: 10.1007/s10519-020-10036-6

  • Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color

    Simcoe, Mark, Valdes, Ana, Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Hemani, Gibran, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Sala, Cinzia, Catamo, Eulalia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan, Hewitt, Alex, Wu, Wenting, Kraft, Peter, Hammond, Christopher J., Shi, Yuan, Chen, Yan ... the International Visible Trait Genetics Consortium (2021). Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color. Science Advances, 7 (11) abd1239, eabd1239. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd1239

  • Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci

    Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Prins, Bram P., Abdollahi, Mohammadreza, Armstrong, Nicola J., Aslibekyan, Stella, Bain, Lisa, Jefferis, Barbara, Baumert, Jens, Beekman, Marian, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bis, Joshua C., Mitchell, Braxton D., de Geus, Eco, Delgado, Graciela E., Marek, Diana, Eriksson, Joel, Kajantie, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kemp, John P., Lu, Chen, Marioni, Riccardo E., McLachlan, Stela, Milaneschi, Yuri, Nolte, Ilja M., Petrelis, Alexandros M., Porcu, Eleonora, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Naderi, Elnaz, Seppälä, Ilkka ... CHARGE Inflammation Working Group (2021). Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci. Human Molecular Genetics, 30 (5), 393-409. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab023

  • The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Mitchell, Brittany L., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2021). The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 223-236. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10044-0

  • Modeling parent-specific genetic nurture in families with missing parental genotypes: application to birthweight and BMI

    Tubbs, Justin D., Hwang, Liang-Dar, Luong, Justin, Evans, David M. and Sham, Pak C. (2021). Modeling parent-specific genetic nurture in families with missing parental genotypes: application to birthweight and BMI. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 289-300. doi: 10.1007/s10519-020-10040-w

  • Variants associated with HHIP expression have sexdifferential effects on lung function

    Fawcett, Katherine A., Obeidat, Ma'en, Melbourne, Carl, Shrine, Nick, Guyatt, Anna L., John, Catherine, Luan, Jian'an, Richmond, Anne, Moksnes, Marta R., Granell, Raquel, Weiss, Stefan, Imboden, Medea, May-Wilson, Sebastian, Hysi, Pirro, Boutin, Thibaud S., Portas, Laura, Flexeder, Claudia, Harris, Sarah E., Wang, Carol A., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Palviainen, Teemu, Foong, Rachel E., Keidel, Dirk, Minelli, Cosetta, Langenberg, Claudia, Bossé, Yohan, Berge, Maarten Van den, Sin, Don D., Hao, Ke ... Wain, Louise V. (2021). Variants associated with HHIP expression have sexdifferential effects on lung function. Wellcome Open Research, 5, 1-20. doi: 10.12688/WELLCOMEOPENRES.15846.2

  • Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight

    Moen, Gunn-Helen, Beaumont, Robin N., Grarup, Niels, Sommer, Christine, Shields, Beverley M., Lawlor, Deborah A., Freathy, Rachel M., Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2020). Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50 (1), 179-189. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa256

  • A cautionary note on using Mendelian randomization to examine the Barker hypothesis and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)

    D'Urso, Shannon, Wang, Geng, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2020). A cautionary note on using Mendelian randomization to examine the Barker hypothesis and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 12 (5), 1-6. doi: 10.1017/S2040174420001105

  • Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses

    Brumpton, Ben, Sanderson, Eleanor, Heilbron, Karl, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Harrison, Sean, Vie, Gunnhild Åberge, Cho, Yoonsu, Howe, Laura D., Hughes, Amanda, Boomsma, Dorret I., Havdahl, Alexandra, Hopper, John, Neale, Michael, Nivard, Michel G., Pedersen, Nancy L., Reynolds, Chandra A., Tucker-Drob, Elliot M., Grotzinger, Andrew, Howe, Laurence, Morris, Tim, Li, Shuai, Brumpton, Ben, Sanderson, Eleanor, Heilbron, Karl, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Harrison, Sean, Vie, Gunnhild Åberge, Cho, Yoonsu, Howe, Laura D. ... Davies, Neil M. (2020). Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 3519, 3519. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17117-4

  • Estimating indirect parental genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using virtual parental genotypes derived from sibling and half sibling pairs

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Tubbs, Justin D., Luong, Justin, Lundberg, Mischa, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Wang, Geng, Warrington, Nicole M., Sham, Pak C., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel and Evans, David M. (2020). Estimating indirect parental genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using virtual parental genotypes derived from sibling and half sibling pairs. PLoS Genetics, 16 (10) e1009154, e1009154. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009154

  • Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort

    Moen, Gunn-Helen, Brumpton, Ben, Willer, Cristen, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Birkeland, Kåre I., Wang, Geng, Neale, Michael C., Freathy, Rachel M., Smith, George Davey, Lawlor, Deborah A., Kirkpatrick, Robert M., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2020). Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5404, 5404. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19257-z

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

    Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Tung, Joyce Y., Eriksson, Nicholas, Albrecht, Eva, Aliev, Fazil, Andreassen, Ole A., Barroso, Inês, Beckmann, Jacques S., Boks, Marco P., Boomsma, Dorret I., Boyd, Heather A., Breteler, Monique M. B., Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Cherkas, Lynn F., Davies, Gail, de Geus, Eco J. C., Deary, Ian J., Deloukas, Panos, Dick, Danielle M., Duffy, David L., Eriksson, Johan G., Esko, Tõnu, Feenstra, Bjarke, Geller, Frank, Gieger, Christian, Giegling, Ina, Gordon, Scott D., Han, Jiali ... Medland, Sarah E. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (1), 59-70. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-00956-y

  • The Boulder Workshop Question Box

    Evans, David M. (2020). The Boulder Workshop Question Box. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 181-190. doi: 10.1007/s10519-020-10022-y

  • Plasma cortisol, aldosterone, and ascorbic acid concentrations in patients with septic shock do not predict treatment effect of hydrocortisone on mortality. A nested cohort study

    Cohen, Jeremy, Bellomo, Rinaldo, Billot, Laurent, Burrell, Louise M., Evans, David M., Finfer, Simon, Hammond, Naomi E., Li, Qiang, Liu, David, McArthur, Colin, McWhinney, Brett, Moore, John, Myburgh, John, Peake, Sandra, Pretorius, Carel, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Rhodes, Andrew, Saxena, Manoj, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Young, Morag J. and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2020). Plasma cortisol, aldosterone, and ascorbic acid concentrations in patients with septic shock do not predict treatment effect of hydrocortisone on mortality. A nested cohort study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 202 (5), 700-707. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202002-0281OC

  • Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis

    D'Urso, Shannon, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Peach, Elizabeth, De Guzman, Erika, Li, Qiang, Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Martin, Nicholas G., Ligthart, Symen, Brown, Matthew A., Powell, Joseph, McArthur, Colin, Rhodes, Andrew, Meyer, Jason, Finfer, Simon, Myburgh, John, Blumenthal, Antje, Cohen, Jeremy, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel and Evans, David M. (2020). Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (4), 204-213. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.60

  • Development of a polygenic risk score to improve screening for fracture risk: a genetic risk prediction study

    Forgetta, Vincenzo, Keller-Baruch, Julyan, Forest, Marie, Durand, Audrey, Bhatnagar, Sahir, Kemp, John P., Nethander, Maria, Evans, Daniel, Morris, John A., Kiel, Douglas P., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Johansson, Helena, Harvey, Nicholas C., Mellström, Dan, Karlsson, Magnus, Cooper, Cyrus, Evans, David M., Clarke, Robert, Kanis, John A., Orwoll, Eric, McCloskey, Eugene V., Ohlsson, Claes, Pineau, Joelle, Leslie, William D., Greenwood, Celia M. T. and Richards, J. Brent (2020). Development of a polygenic risk score to improve screening for fracture risk: a genetic risk prediction study. PLOS Medicine, 17 (7) e1003152, e1003152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003152

  • RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro

    Loh, Nellie Y., Minchin, James E. N., Pinnick, Katherine E., Verma, Manu, Todorčević, Marijana, Denton, Nathan, Moustafa, Julia El-Sayed, Kemp, John P., Gregson, Celia L., Evans, David M., Neville, Matt J., Small, Kerrin S., McCarthy, Mark I., Mahajan, Anubha, Rawls, John F., Karpe, Fredrik and Christodoulides, Constantinos (2020). RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2797, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16592-z

  • Proxy gene-by-environment Mendelian randomization for assessing causal effects of maternal exposures on offspring outcomes

    Hwang, Liang-Dar and Evans, David M. (2020). Proxy gene-by-environment Mendelian randomization for assessing causal effects of maternal exposures on offspring outcomes. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49 (4), 1218-1220. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa069

  • Editorial

    Evans, David, Medland, Sarah E. and Gillespie, Nathan (2020). Editorial. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (2), 67-67. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.45

  • It's in the bloody genes!

    Evans, David M. (2020). It's in the bloody genes!. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (2), 96-97. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.31

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error

    Fan, Qiao, Pozarickij, Alfred, Tan, Nicholas Y. Q., Guo, Xiaobo, Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Vitart, Veronique, Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Miyake, Masahiro, Tideman, J. Willem L., Khawaja, Anthony P., Zhang, Liang, MacGregor, Stuart, Höhn, René, Chen, Peng, Biino, Ginevra, Wedenoja, Juho, Saffari, Seyed Ehsan, Tedja, Milly S., Xie, Jing, Lanca, Carla, Wang, Ya Xing, Sahebjada, Srujana, Mazur, Johanna, Mirshahi, Alireza, Martin, Nicholas G., Yazar, Seyhan, Pennell, Craig E., Yap, Maurice, Haarman, Annechien E. G. ... Evans, David M. (2020). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error. Communications Biology, 3 (1) 133, 133. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-0802-y

  • The effect of plasma lipids and lipid-lowering interventions on bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization study

    Zheng, Jie, Brion, Marie-Jo, Kemp, John P., Warrington, Nicole M., Borges, Maria-Carolina, Hemani, Gibran, Richardson, Tom G., Rasheed, Humaira, Qiao, Zhen, Haycock, Philip, Ala-Korpela, Mika, Davey Smith, George, Tobias, Jon H. and Evans, David M. (2020). The effect of plasma lipids and lipid-lowering interventions on bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 35 (7) jbmr.3989, 1224-1235. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3989

  • Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Davies, Neil M., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2020). Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 11 (3) a039503, 1-15. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a039503

  • Exploring the genetic relationship between hearing impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    Mitchell, Brittany L., Thorp, Jackson G., Evans, David M., Nyholt, Dale R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Lupton, Michelle K. (2020). Exploring the genetic relationship between hearing impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 12 (1) e12108, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12108

  • Maternal and paternal effects on offspring internalizing problems: results from genetic and family-based analyses

    Jami, Eshim S., Eilertsen, Espen Moen, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Qiao, Zhen, Evans, David M., Ystrøm, Eivind, Bartels, Meike and Middeldorp, Christel M. (2020). Maternal and paternal effects on offspring internalizing problems: results from genetic and family-based analyses. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 183 (5), 258-267. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32784

  • Variants associated withHHIP expression have sex-differential effects on lung function

    Fawcett, Katherine A., Wain, Louise V., Obeidat, Ma'en, Melbourne, Carl, Shrine, Nick, Guyatt, Anna L., John, Catherine, Luan, Jian'an, Richmond, Anne, Moksnes, Marta R., Granell, Raquel, Weiss, Stefan, Imboden, Medea, May-Wilson, Sebastian, Hysi, Pirro, Boutin, Thibaud S., Portas, Laura, Flexeder, Claudia, Harris, Sarah E., Wang, Carol A., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Palviainen, Teemu, Foong, Rachel E., Keidel, Dirk, Minelli, Cosetta, Langenberg, Claudia, Bossé, Yohan, Van den Berge, Maarten, Sin, Don D. ... Tobin, Martin D. (2020). Variants associated withHHIP expression have sex-differential effects on lung function. Wellcome Open Research, 5 111, 1-19. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15846.1

  • Use of Mendelian randomization to examine causal inference in osteoporosis

    Zheng, Jie, Frysz, Monika, Kemp, John P., Evans, David M., Smith, George Davey and Tobias, Jonathan H. (2019). Use of Mendelian randomization to examine causal inference in osteoporosis. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 10 807, 807. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00807

  • Metabolomics analysis in adults with high bone mass identifies a relationship between bone resorption and circulating citrate which replicates in the general population

    Hartley, April, Paternoster, Lavinia, Evans, David M., Fraser, William D., Tang, Jonathan, Lawlor, Debbie A., Tobias, Jon H. and Gregson, Celia L. (2019). Metabolomics analysis in adults with high bone mass identifies a relationship between bone resorption and circulating citrate which replicates in the general population. Clinical Endocrinology, 92 (1) cen.14119, 29-37. doi: 10.1111/cen.14119

  • Within family Mendelian randomization studies

    Davies, Neil M., Howe, Laurence J., Brumpton, Ben, Havdahl, Alexandra, Evans, David M. and Davey Smith, George (2019). Within family Mendelian randomization studies. Human Molecular Genetics, 28 (R2), R170-R179. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz204

  • Introducing M-GCTA a software package to estimate maternal (or paternal) genetic effects on offspring phenotypes

    Qiao, Zhen, Zheng, Jie, Helgeland, Øyvind, Vaudel, Marc, Johansson, Stefan, Njølstad, Pål R., Smith, George Davey, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2019). Introducing M-GCTA a software package to estimate maternal (or paternal) genetic effects on offspring phenotypes. Behavior Genetics, 50 (1), 51-66. doi: 10.1007/s10519-019-09969-4

  • Market coordination and the making of conventions: qualities, consumption and sustainability in the agro-food industry

    Evans, David M. and Mylan, Josephine (2019). Market coordination and the making of conventions: qualities, consumption and sustainability in the agro-food industry. Economy and Society, 48 (3), 426-449. doi: 10.1080/03085147.2019.1620026

  • Using a two-sample Mendelian randomization design to investigate a possible causal effect of maternal lipid concentrations on offspring birth weight

    Hwang, Liang-Dar, Lawlor, Deborah A., Freathy, Rachel M., Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2019). Using a two-sample Mendelian randomization design to investigate a possible causal effect of maternal lipid concentrations on offspring birth weight. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48 (5), 1457-1467. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz160

  • Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data

    Romagnoni, Alberto, Jégou, Simon, Van Steen, Kristel, Wainrib, Gilles, Hugot, Jean-Pierre, Peyrin-Biroulet, Laurent, Chamaillard, Mathias, Colombel, Jean-Frederick, Cottone, Mario, D’Amato, Mauro, D’Incà, Renata, Halfvarson, Jonas, Henderson, Paul, Karban, Amir, Kennedy, Nicholas A., Khan, Mohammed Azam, Lémann, Marc, Levine, Arie, Massey, Dunecan, Milla, Monica, Ng, Sok Meng Evelyn, Oikonomou, Ioannis, Peeters, Harald, Proctor, Deborah D., Rahier, Jean-Francois, Rutgeerts, Paul, Seibold, Frank, Stronati, Laura, Taylor, Kirstin M. ... Whittaker, Pamela (2019). Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 10351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46649-z

  • Vitamin D-Binding Protein Deficiency and Homozygous Deletion of the GC Gene

    Brown, Matthew A., Duncan, Emma L. and Evans, David M. (2019). Vitamin D-Binding Protein Deficiency and Homozygous Deletion of the GC Gene. The New England Journal of Medicine, 380 (26), 2583-2583. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1905282

  • Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

    Hysi, Pirro G., Valdes, Ana M., Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Bataille, Veronique, Visconti, Alessia, Hemani, Gibran, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Bochao D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Gandin, Ilaria, Sala, Cinzia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan ... Spector, Timothy D. (2019). Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability. Nature Genetics, 51 (7), 1190-1190. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0446-3

  • Exploring the role of genetic confounding in the association between maternal and offspring body mass index: evidence from three birth cohorts

    Bond, Tom A., Karhunen, Ville, Wielscher, Matthias, Auvinen, Juha, Männikkö, Minna, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka, Gunter, Marc J., Felix, Janine F., Prokopenko, Inga, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M., Evans, David M, Sebert, Sylvain, Lewin, Alex, O’Reilly, Paul F., Lawlor, Debbie A. and Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta (2019). Exploring the role of genetic confounding in the association between maternal and offspring body mass index: evidence from three birth cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49 (1), 233-243. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz095

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Warrington, Nicole M., Beaumont, Robin N., Horikoshi, Momoko, Day, Felix R., Helgeland, Øyvind, Laurin, Charles, Bacelis, Jonas, Peng, Shouneng, Hao, Ke, Feenstra, Bjarke, Wood, Andrew R., Mahajan, Anubha, Tyrrell, Jessica, Robertson, Neil R., Rayner, N. William, Qiao, Zhen, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Vaudel, Marc, Marsit, Carmen J., Chen, Jia, Nodzenski, Michael, Schnurr, Theresia M., Zafarmand, Mohammad H., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Grarup, Niels, Kooijman, Marjolein N., Li-Gao, Ruifang, Geller, Frank, Paternoster, Lavinia ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2019). Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors. Nature Genetics, 51 (5), 804-814. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0403-1

  • Author Correction: an atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

    Morris, John A., Kemp, John P., Youlten, Scott E., Laurent, Laetitia, Logan, John G., Chai, Ryan C., Vulpescu, Nicholas A., Forgetta, Vincenzo, Kleinman, Aaron, Mohanty, Sindhu T., Sergio, C. Marcelo, Quinn, Julian, Nguyen-Yamamoto, Loan, Luco, Aimee-Lee, Vijay, Jinchu, Simon, Marie-Michelle, Pramatarova, Albena, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Trajanoska, Katerina, Ghirardello, Elena J., Butterfield, Natalie C., Curry, Katharine F., Leitch, Victoria D., Sparkes, Penny C., Adoum, Anne-Tounsia, Mannan, Naila S., Komla-Ebri, Davide S. K., Pollard, Andrea S., Dewhurst, Hannah F. ... Richards, J. Brent (2019). Author Correction: an atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice. Nature Genetics, 51 (5), 920-920. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0415-x

  • Steroid receptor coactivator-1 modulates the function of Pomc neurons and energy homeostasis

    Yang, Yongjie, van der Klaauw, Agatha A., Zhu, Liangru, Cacciottolo, Tessa M., He, Yanlin, Stadler, Lukas K. J., Wang, Chunmei, Xu, Pingwen, Saito, Kenji, Hinton, Antentor, Yan, Xiaofeng, Keogh, Julia M., Henning, Elana, Banton, Matthew C., Hendricks, Audrey E., Bochukova, Elena G., Mistry, Vanisha, Lawler, Katherine L., Liao, Lan, Xu, Jianming, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Tong, Qingchun, Barroso, Ines, O'Malley, Bert W., Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Xu, Yong, Balasubramanian, Senduran, Clapham, Peter, Coates, Guy ... Zhang, Weihua (2019). Steroid receptor coactivator-1 modulates the function of Pomc neurons and energy homeostasis. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 1718. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08737-6

  • A metabolic screen in adolescents reveals an association between circulating citrate and cortical bone mineral density

    Kemp, John P., Sayers, Adrian, Fraser, William D., Davey Smith, George, Ala-Korpela, Mika, Evans, David M. and Tobias, Jonathan H. (2019). A metabolic screen in adolescents reveals an association between circulating citrate and cortical bone mineral density. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 34 (7), e3697-1313. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3697

  • Elucidating the role of maternal environmental exposures on offspring health and disease using two-sample Mendelian randomization

    Evans, David M., Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Lawlor, Debbie A. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2019). Elucidating the role of maternal environmental exposures on offspring health and disease using two-sample Mendelian randomization. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48 (3), 861-875. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz019

  • An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

    Morris, John A., Kemp, John P., Youlten, Scott E., Laurent, Laetitia, Logan, John G., Chai, Ryan C., Vulpescu, Nicholas A., Forgetta, Vincenzo, Kleinman, Aaron, Mohanty, Sindhu T., Sergio, C. Marcelo, Quinn, Julian, Nguyen-Yamamoto, Loan, Luco, Aimee-Lee, Vijay, Jinchu, Simon, Marie-Michelle, Pramatarova, Albena, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Trajanoska, Katerina, Ghirardello, Elena J., Butterfield, Natalie C., Curry, Katharine F., Leitch, Victoria D., Sparkes, Penny C., Adoum, Anne-Tounsia, Mannan, Naila S., Komla-Ebri, Davide S. K., Pollard, Andrea S., Dewhurst, Hannah F. ... Richards, J. Brent (2019). An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice. Nature Genetics, 51 (2), 258-266. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0302-x

  • IMI - Myopia Genetics Report

    Tedja, Milly S., Haarman, Annechien E. G., Meester-Smoor, Magda A., Kaprio, Jaakko, Mackey, David A., Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Hammond, Christopher J., Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Klaver, Caroline C. W., for the CREAM Consortium, Bailey-Wilson, Joan E., Baird, Paul Nigel, Veluchamy, Amutha Barathi, Biino, Ginevra, Burdon, Kathryn P., Campbell, Harry, Chen, Li Jia, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Chew, Emily Y., Craig, Jamie E., Cumberland, Phillippa M., Deangelis, Margaret M., Delcourt, Cecile, Ding, Xiaohu, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Evans, David M., Fan, Qiao, Fossarello, Maurizio, Foster, Paul J. ... Zhou, Xiangtian (2019). IMI - Myopia Genetics Report. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 60 (3), M89-M105. doi: 10.1167/iovs.18-25965

  • Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume

    Haworth, Simon, Shapland, Chin Yang, Hayward, Caroline, Prins, Bram P., Felix, Janine F., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Wang, Carol, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Vrijheid, Martine, Guxens, Mònica, Sunyer, Jordi, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Walter, Klaudia, Iotchkova, Valentina, Jackson, Andrew, Cleal, Louise, Huffmann, Jennifer, Min, Josine L., Sass, Lærke, Timmers, Paul R. H. J., Turki, Saeed Al, Anderson, Carl A., Anney, Richard, Antony, Dinu, Artigas, María Soler, Ayub, Muhammad, Bala, Senduran, Barrett, Jeffrey C. ... St Pourcain, Beate (2019). Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 357. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07863-x

  • Publisher correction: Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

    Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Li, Xin, Sanna, Marianna, Iles, Mark M., Jacobs, Leonie C., Evans, David M., Yazar, Seyhan, Beesley, Jonathan, Law, Matthew H., Kraft, Peter, Visconti, Alessia, Taylor, John C., Liu, Fan, Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Glass, Dan, Ikram, M. Arfan, Uitterlinden, André G., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nelson, Elliot C., Green, Adele C., Chanock, Stephen, Barrett, Jennifer H., Brown, Matthew A., Hayward, Nicholas K., MacGregor, Stuart ... Martin, Nicholas G. (2019). Publisher correction: Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 299, 299. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08078-w

  • Calculating Power to Detect Maternal and Offspring Genetic Effects in Genetic Association Studies

    Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hemani, Gibran, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2019). Calculating Power to Detect Maternal and Offspring Genetic Effects in Genetic Association Studies. Behavior Genetics, 49 (3), 327-339. doi: 10.1007/s10519-018-9944-9

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Demontis, Ditte, Walters, Raymond K., Martin, Joanna, Mattheisen, Manuel, Als, Thomas D., Agerbo, Esben, Baldursson, Gísli, Belliveau, Rich, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Churchhouse, Claire, Dumont, Ashley, Eriksson, Nicholas, Gandal, Michael, Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Grasby, Katrina L., Grove, Jakob, Gudmundsson, Olafur O., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel, Hollegaard, Mads V., Howrigan, Daniel P., Huang, Hailiang, Maller, Julian B., Martin, Alicia R., Martin, Nicholas G., Moran, Jennifer ... Kemp, John P. (2019). Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (1), 63-75. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0269-7

  • Antibody response to common human viruses is shaped by genetic factors

    Hayward, Tanisha A., Zhu, Gu, Warrington, Nicole M., Wong, Yide, Ryan, Rachael Y.M., Murray, Abella M., Haigh, Oscar, Martin, Nicholas G., Miles, John J. and Evans, David M. (2018). Antibody response to common human viruses is shaped by genetic factors. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 143 (4), 1640-1643. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.11.039

  • Genetic determinants of glucose levels in pregnancy: genetic risk scores analysis and GWAS in the Norwegian STORK cohort

    Moen, Gunn-Helen, LeBlanc, Marissa, Sommer, Christine, Prasad, Rashmi B., Lekva, Tove, Normann, Kjersti R., Qvigstad, Elisabeth, Groop, Leif, Birkeland, Kåre I., Evans, David M. and Frøslie, Kathrine F. (2018). Genetic determinants of glucose levels in pregnancy: genetic risk scores analysis and GWAS in the Norwegian STORK cohort. European Journal of Endocrinology, 179 (6), 363-372. doi: 10.1530/EJE-18-0478

  • Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

    Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Li, Xin, Sanna, Marianna, Iles, Mark M., Jacobs, Leonie C., Evans, David M., Yazar, Seyhan, Beesley, Jonathan, Law, Matthew H., Kraft, Peter, Visconti, Alessia, Taylor, John C., Lui, Fan, Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Glass, Dan, Ikram, Arfan M., Uitterlinden, André G., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nelson, Elliot C., Green, Adele C., Chanock, Stephen, Barrett, Jennifer H., Brown, Matthew A., Hayward, Nicholas K., MacGregor, Stuart ... Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 4774, 4774. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06649-5

  • Genome analyses of >200,000 individuals identify 58 loci for chronic inflammation and highlight pathways that link inflammation and complex disorders

    Ligthart, Symen, Vaez, Ahmad, Võsa, Urmo, Stathopoulou, Maria G., de Vries, Paul S., Prins, Bram P., Van der Most, Peter J., Tanaka, Toshiko, Naderi, Elnaz, Rose, Lynda M., Wu, Ying, Karlsson, Robert, Barbalic, Maja, Lin, Honghuang, Pool, René, Zhu, Gu, Macé, Aurélien, Sidore, Carlo, Trompet, Stella, Mangino, Massimo, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Kemp, John P., Abbasi, Ali, Kacprowski, Tim, Verweij, Niek, Smith, Albert V., Huang, Tao, Marzi, Carola, Feitosa, Mary F. ... Alizadeh, Behrooz Z. (2018). Genome analyses of >200,000 individuals identify 58 loci for chronic inflammation and highlight pathways that link inflammation and complex disorders. American Journal of Human Genetics, 103 (5), 691-706. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.09.009

  • Imputation-based analysis of MICA alleles in the susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis

    Cortes, Adrian, Gladman, Dafna, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Cui, Jing, Wheeler, Lawrie, Brown, Matthew A., International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium (IGAS) and Evans, David (2018). Imputation-based analysis of MICA alleles in the susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77 (11), 1691-1692. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213413

  • Identification of novel loci associated with hip shape: a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies

    Baird, Denis A., Evans, Daniel S., Kamanu, Frederick K., Gregory, Jennifer S., Saunders, Fiona R., Giuraniuc, Claudiu V., Barr, Rebecca J., Aspden, Richard M., Jenkins, Deborah, Kiel, Douglas P., Orwoll, Eric S., Cummings, Steven R., Lane, Nancy E., Mullin, Benjamin H., Williams, Frances M. K., Richards, J Brent, Wilson, Scott G., Spector, Tim D., Faber, Benjamin G., Lawlor, Deborah A., Grundberg, Elin, Ohlsson, Claes, Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika, Capellini, Terence D., Richard, Daniel, Beck, Thomas J., Evans, David M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Karasik, David and Tobias, Jonathan H. (2018). Identification of novel loci associated with hip shape: a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 34 (2), 241-251. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3605

  • Genome-wide association study of extreme high bone mass: contribution of common genetic variation to extreme BMD phenotypes and potential novel BMD-associated genes

    Gregson, Celia L., Newell, Felicity, Leo, Paul J., Clark, Graeme R., Paternoster, Lavinia, Marshall, Mhairi, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Morris, John A., Ge, Bing, Bao, Xiao, Duncan Bassett, J. H., Williams, Graham R., Youlten, Scott E., Croucher, Peter I., Davey Smith, George, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Brown, Matthew A., Tobias, Jon H. and Duncan, Emma L. (2018). Genome-wide association study of extreme high bone mass: contribution of common genetic variation to extreme BMD phenotypes and potential novel BMD-associated genes. Bone, 114, 62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.06.001

  • Assessing the role of DNA methylation-derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in rheumatoid arthritis

    Ambatipudi, Srikant, Sharp, Gemma C., Clarke, Sarah L. N., Plant, Darren, Tobias, Jonathan H., Evans, David M., Barton, Anne and Belton, Caroline L. (2018). Assessing the role of DNA methylation-derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Immunology Research, 2018 2624981, 1-10. doi: 10.1155/2018/2624981

  • Are serum concentrations of vitamin B-12 causally related to cardiometabolic risk factors and disease? A Mendelian randomization study

    Moen, Gunn-Helen, Qvigstad, Elisabeth, Birkeland, Kåre I., Evans, David M. and Sommer, Christine (2018). Are serum concentrations of vitamin B-12 causally related to cardiometabolic risk factors and disease? A Mendelian randomization study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108 (2), 398-404. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy101

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error

    Tedja, Milly S., Wojciechowski, Robert, Hysi, Pirro G., Eriksson, Nicholas, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Iglesias, Adriana I., Meester-Smoor, Magda A., Tompson, Stuart W., Fan, Qiao, Khawaja, Anthony P., Cheng, Ching-Yu, Höhn, René, Yamashiro, Kenji, Wenocur, Adam, Grazal, Clare, Haller, Toomas, Metspalu, Andres, Wedenoja, Juho, Jonas, Jost B., Wang, Ya Xing, Xie, Jing, Mitchell, Paul, Foster, Paul J., Klein, Barbara E. K., Klein, Ronald, Paterson, Andrew D., Hosseini, S. Mohsen, Shah, Rupal L. ... UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error. Nature Genetics, 50 (6), 834-848. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0127-7

  • Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans

    Cuellar Partida, Gabriel, Laurin, Charles, Ring, Susan M., Gaunt, Tom R., McRae, Allan, Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Hemani, Gibran, Suderman, Matthew, Relton, Caroline L., Davey Smith, George and Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (16), 2927-2939. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy206

  • The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

    Hemani, Gibran, Zheng, Jie, Elsworth, Benjamin, Wade, Kaitlin H., Haberland, Valeriia, Baird, Denis, Laurin, Charles, Burgess, Stephen, Bowden, Jack, Langdon, Ryan, Tan, Vanessa Y., Yarmolinsky, James, Shihab, Hashem A., Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Relton, Caroline, Martin, Richard M., Davey Smith, George, Gaunt, Tom R. and Haycock, Philip C. (2018). The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome. eLife, 7 e34408. doi: 10.7554/eLife.34408

  • Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

    Yarmolinsky, James, Bonilla, Carolina, Haycock, Philip C., Langdon, Ryan J. Q., Lotta, Luca A., Langenberg, Claudia, Relton, Caroline L., Lewis, Sarah J., Evans, David M., PRACTICAL Consortium, Davey Smith, George and Martin, Richard M. (2018). Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 110 (9), 1035-1038. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy081

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

    Hysi, Pirro G., Valdes, Ana M., Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Bataille, Veronique, Visconti, Alessia, Hemani, Gibran, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Bochao D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Gandin, Ilaria, Sala, Cinzia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan ... Spector, Timothy D. (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 652-656. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0100-5

  • Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

    Warrington, Nicole M., Shevroja, Enisa, Hemani, Gibran, Hysi, Pirro G., Jiang, Yunxuan, Auton, Adam, Boer, Cindy G., Mangino, Massimo, Wang, Carol A., Kemp, John P., McMahon, George, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Hickey, Martha, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wolke, Dieter, Ikram, Arfan M., 23 and Me Research Team, Montgomery, Grant W., Felix, Janine F., Wright, Margaret J., Mackey, David A., Jaddoe, Vincent W., Martin, Nicholas G., Tung, Joyce Y., Davey Smith, George, Pennell, Craig E., Spector, Tim D., van Meurs, Joyce, Rivadeneira, Fernando ... Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (11), 2025-2038. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy121

  • Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape

    Evans, David M (2018). Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape. Nature Genetics, 50 (3), 319-321. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0065-4

  • Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference

    Corbin, Laura J., Tan, Vanessa Y., Hughes, David A., Wade, Kaitlin H., Paul, Dirk S., Tansey, Katherine E., Butcher, Frances, Dudbridge, Frank, Howson, Joanna M., Jallow, Momodou W., John, Catherine, Kingston, Nathalie, Lindgren, Cecilia M., O'Donavan, Michael, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Owen, Michael J., Palmer, Colin N. A., Pearson, Ewan R., Scott, Robert A., van Heel, David A., Whittaker, John, Frayling, Tim, Tobin, Martin D., Wain, Louise V., Smith, George Davey, Evans, David M., Karpe, Fredrik, McCarthy, Mark I., Danesh, John ... Timpson, Nicholas J. (2018). Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 711, 711. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03109-y

  • Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

    Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2018). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (4) ddx429, 742-756. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx429

  • Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

    Warrington, Nicole M., Freathy, Rachel M., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2018). Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (4), 1229-1241. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy015

  • MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

    Qiao, Zhen, Powell, Joseph E. and Evans, David M. (2018). MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study. Genes, 9 (1) 53, 53. doi: 10.3390/genes9010053

  • Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

    Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Kemp, John P., Trajanoska, Katerina, Luan, Jian'an, Chesi, Alessandra, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Ham, Annelies, Hartwig, Fernando P., Evans, Daniel S., Joro, Raimo, Nedeljkovic, Ivana, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Zhu, Kun, Atalay, Mustafa, Liu, Ching-Ti, Nethander, Maria, Broer, Linda, Porleifsson, Gudmar, Mullin, Benjamin H., Handelman, Samuel K., Nalls, Mike A., Jessen, Leon E, Heppe, Denise H. M., Richards, J. Brent, Wang, Carol, Chawes, Bo, Schraut, Katharina E, Amin, Najaf ... Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects. American journal of human genetics, 102 (1), 88-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.005

  • ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties

    St Pourcain, B., Robinson, E. B., Anttila, V., Sullivan, B. B., Maller, J., Golding, J., Skuse, D., Ring, S., Evans, D. M., Zammit, S., Fisher, S. E., Neale, B. M., Anney, R. J. L., Ripke, S., Hollegaard, M. V., Werge, T., Ronald, A., Grove, J., Hougaard, D. M., Børglum, A. D., Mortensen, P. B., Daly, M. J. and Davey Smith, G. (2018). ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (2), 263-270. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.198

  • Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

    Trajanoska, Katerina, Morris, John A., Oei, Ling, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Evans, David M., Kiel, Douglas P., Ohlsson, Claes, Richards, J. Brent and Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study. BMJ, 362 k3225, k3225. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3225

  • Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

    Hendricks, Audrey E., Bochukova, Elena G., Marenne, Gaelle, Keogh, Julia M., Atanassova, Neli, Bounds, Rebecca, Wheeler, Eleanor, Mistry, Vanisha, Henning, Elana, Koerner, Antje, Muddyman, Dawn, McCarthy, Shane, Hinney, Anke, Hebebrand, Johannes, Scott, Robert A., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J., Surendran, Praveen, Howson, Joanna M., Butterworth, Adam S., Danesh, John, Nordestgaard, Borge G., Nielsen, Sune F., Afzal, Shoaib, Papadia, Sofia, Ashford, Sofie, Garg, Sumedha, Millhauser, Glenn L., Palomino, Rafael I. ... Yang, Jian (2017). Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 4394, 4394.1-4394.14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03054-8

  • Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

    Zheng, Jie, Baird, Denis, Borges, Maria-Carolina, Bowden, Jack, Hemani, Gibran, Haycock, Philip, Evans, David M and Smith, George Davey (2017). Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies. Current epidemiology reports, 4 (4), 330-345. doi: 10.1007/s40471-017-0128-6

  • Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

    Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

  • Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

    Paternoster, Lavinia, Savenije, Olga E.M., Heron, Jon, Evans, David M., Vonk, Judith M., Brunekreef, Bert, Wijga, Alet H., Henderson, A. John, Koppelman, Gerard H. and Brown, Sara J. (2017). Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141 (3), 964-971. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.09.044

  • Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

    Laurin, Charles, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Hemani, Gibran, Smith, George Davey, Yang, Jian and Evans, David M. (2017). Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices. Behavior Genetics, 48 (1), 67-79. doi: 10.1007/s10519-017-9880-0

  • Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain

    Warrington, N. M., Richmond, R., Fenstra, B., Myhre, R., Gaillard, R., Paternoster, L., Wang, C. A., Beaumont, R. N., Das, S., Murcia, M., Barton, S. J., Espinosa, A., Thiering, E., Atalay, M., Pitkänen, N., Ntalla, I., Jonsson, A. E., Freathy, R., Karhunen, V., Tiesler, C. M. T., Allard, C., Crawford, A., Ring, S. M., Melbye, M., Magnus, P., Rivadeneira, F., Skotte, L., Hansen, T., Marsh, J. ... Lawlor, D. A. (2017). Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain. International Journal of Obesity (2005), 42 (4), 775-784. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.248

  • Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus

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  • Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

    St Pourcain, Beate, Eaves, Lindon J, Ring, Susan M, Fisher, Simon E, Medland, Sarah, Evans, David M and Davey Smith, George (2017). Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals. Biological psychiatry, 83 (7), 598-606. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.020

  • Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

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  • Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

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  • Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?

    Richards, J. Brent and Evans, David M. (2017). Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?. BMJ, 358 j3849, j3849. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3849

  • Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness

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  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Reading Ability Show Connection to Socio-Economic Outcomes

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  • Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development

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  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in population-based pediatric cohorts

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  • Using Mendelian randomization to investigate a possible causal relationship between adiposity and increased bone mineral density at different skeletal sites in children

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  • Why internal weights should be avoided (not only) in MR-Egger regression response

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  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis of diarrhoeal disease in young children identifies FUT2 locus and provides plausible biological pathways

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  • Erratum to: Heritability and genome-wide analyses of problematic peer relationships during childhood and adolescence

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  • Genome-wide association study of copy number variation with lung function identifies a novel signal of association near BANP for forced vital capacity

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  • Joint developmental trajectories of internalizing and externalizing disorders between childhood and adolescence

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  • International genome-wide association study consortium identifies novel loci associated with blood pressure in children and adolescents

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  • The case for genome-wide association studies of bone acquisition in paediatric and adolescent populations

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  • Childhood gene-environment interactions and age-dependent effects of genetic variants associated with refractive error and myopia: the CREAM Consortium

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  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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  • Exome-wide study of ankylosing spondylitis demonstrates additional shared genetic background with inflammatory bowel disease

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  • Common genetic variants influence whorls in fingerprint patterns

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  • Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation

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  • Integrative pathway genomics of lung function and airflow obstruction

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  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Paternoster, Lavinia, Standl, Marie, Waage, Johannes, Baurecht, Hansjoerg, Hotze, Melanie, Strachan, David P., Curtin, John A., Bonnelykke, Klaus, Tian, Chao, Takahashi, Atsushi, Esparza-Gordillo, Jorge, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Thyssen, Jacob P., den Dekker, Herman T., Ferreira, Manuel A., Altmaier, Elisabeth, Sleiman, Patrick M. A., Xiao, Feng Li, Gonzalez, Juan R., Marenholz, Ingo, Kalb, Birgit, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Xu, Cheng-Jian, Carstensen, Lisbeth, Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M., Venturini, Cristina, Pennell, Craig E., Barton, Sheila J., Levin, Albert M. ... Weidinger, Stephan (2015). Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis. Nature Genetics, 47 (12), 1449-1456. doi: 10.1038/ng.3424

  • Incorporating known genetic variants does not improve the accuracy of psa testing to identify high risk prostate cancer on biopsy

    Gilbert, Rebecca, Martin, Richard M., Evans, David M., Tilling, Kate, Smith, George Davey, Kemp, John P., Lane, J. Athene, Hamdy, Freddie C., Neal, David E., Donovan, Jenny L. and Metcalfe, Chris (2015). Incorporating known genetic variants does not improve the accuracy of psa testing to identify high risk prostate cancer on biopsy. PL o S One, 10 (10) e136735, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136735

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    The UK10K Consortium, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease. Nature, 526 (7571), 82-89. doi: 10.1038/nature14962

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture

    Zheng, Hou-Feng, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Estrada, Karol, Rosello-Diez, Alberto, Leo, Paul J., Dahia, Chitra L., Park-Min, Kyung Hyun, Tobias, Jonathan H., Kooperberg, Charles, Kleinman, Aaron, Styrkarsdottir, Unnur, Liu, Ching-Ti, Uggla, Charlotta, Evans, Daniel S., Nielson, Carrie M., Walter, Klaudia, Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika, McCarthy, Shane, Eriksson, Joel, Kwan, Tony, Jhamai, Mila, Trajanoska, Katerina, Memari, Yasin, Min, Josine, Huang, Jie, Danecek, Petr, Wilmot, Beth, Li, Rui ... UK10K Consortium (2015). Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture. Nature, 526 (7571), 112-117. doi: 10.1038/nature14878

  • Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

    Huang, Jie, Howie, Bryan, McCarthy, Shane, Memari, Yasin, Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L., Danecek, Petr, Malerba, Giovanni, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Gambaro, Giovanni, Richards, J. Brent, Durbin, Richard, Timpson, Nicholas J., Marchini, Jonathan, Soranzo, Nicole, UK10K Consortium, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8111, 8111.1-8111.9. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9111

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

    van Den Berg, Stephanie M., de Moor, Marleen H.M., Verweij, Karin J.H., Krueger, Robert F., Luciano, Michelle, Arias Vasquez, Alejandro, Matteson, Lindsay K., Derringer, Jaime, Esko, Tonu, Amin, Najaf, Gordon, Scott D., Hansell, Narelle K., Hart, Amy B., Seppala, Ilkka, Huffman, Jennifer, Konte, Bettina, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Minyoung, Miller, Mike, Nutile, Teresa, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Viktorin, Alexander, Wedenoja, Juho, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Abecasis, Goncalo R., Adkins, Daniel E., Agrawal, Arpana, Allik, Juri ... Boomsma, Dorret I. (2015). Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium. Behavior Genetics, 46 (2), 170-182. doi: 10.1007/s10519-015-9735-5

  • Are obesity risk genes associated with binge eating in adolescence?

    Micali, Nadia, Field, Alison E., Treasure, Janet L. and Evans, David M. (2015). Are obesity risk genes associated with binge eating in adolescence?. Obesity, 23 (8), 1729-1736. doi: 10.1002/oby.21147

  • ERAP2 is associated with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27-positive and HLA-B27-negative patients

    Robinson, Philip C., Costello, Mary-Ellen, Leo, Paul, Bradbury, Linda A., Hollis, Kelly, Cortes, Adrian, Lee, Seunghun, Joo, Kyung Bin, Shim, Seung-Cheol, Weisman, Michael, Ward, Michael, Zhou, Xiaodong, Garchon, Henri-Jean, Chiocchia, Gilles, Nossent, Johannes, Lie, Benedicte A., Forre, Oystein, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Laiho, Kari, Jiang, Lei, Liu, Yu, Wu, Xin, Elewaut, Dirk, Burgos-Vargas, Ruben, Gensler, Lianne S., Stebbings, Simon, Haroon, Nigil, Mulero, Juan, Luis Fernandez-Sueiro, Jose ... Brown, Matthew A. (2015). ERAP2 is associated with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27-positive and HLA-B27-negative patients. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74 (8), 1627-1629. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207416

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism, and the polygenic association with major depressive disorder

    De Moor, Marleen H.M, Van Den Berg, Stephanie M, Verweij, Karin J.H, Krueger, Robert F, Luciano, Michelle, Arias Vasquez, Alejandro, Matteson, Lindsay K, Derringer, Jaime, Esko, Tonu, Amin, Najaf, Gordon, Scott D, Hansell, Narelle K, Hart, Amy B, Seppala, Ilkka, Huffman, Jennifer E, Konte, Bettina, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Minyoung, Miller, Mike, Nutile, Teresa, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Viktorin, Alexander, Wedenoja, Juho, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Adkins, Daniel E, Agrawal, Arpana, Allik, Juri, Appel, Katja ... Boomsma, Dorret I (2015). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism, and the polygenic association with major depressive disorder. JAMA Psychiatry, 72 (7), 642-650. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0554

  • A genome-wide approach to children's aggressive behavior: the EAGLE consortium

    Pappa, Irene, St Pourcain, Beate, Benke, Kelly, Cavadino, Alana, Hakulinen, Christian, Nivard, Michel G., Nolte, Ilja M., Tiesler, Carla M. T., Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J., Davies, Gareth E., Evans, David M., Geoffroy, Marie-Claude, Grallert, Harald, Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M., Hudziak, James J., Kemp, John P., Keltikangas-Järvinen, Liisa, McMahon, George, Mileva-Seitz, Viara R., Motazedi, Ehsan, Power, Christine, Raitakari, Olli T., Ring, Susan M., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rodriguez, Alina, Scheet, Paul A., Seppälä, Ilkka, Snieder, Harold, Standl, Marie ... Tiemeier, Henning (2015). A genome-wide approach to children's aggressive behavior: the EAGLE consortium. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 171 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32333

  • TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport

    Schmidts, Miriam, Hou, Yuqing, Cortes, Claudio R., Mans, Dorus A., Huber, Celine, Boldt, Karsten, Patel, Mitali, van Reeuwijk, Jeroen, Plaza, Jean-Marc, van Beersum, Sylvia E. C., Yap, Zhi Min, Letteboer, Stef J. F., Taylor, S. Paige, Herridge, Warren, Johnson, Colin A., Scambler, Peter J., Ueffing, Marius, Kayserili, Hulya, Krakow, Deborah, King, Stephen M., Beales, Philip L., Al-Gazali, Lihadh, Wicking, Carol, Cormier-Daire, Valerie, Roepman, Ronald, Mitchison, Hannah M., Witman, George B., Al-Turki, Saeed, Anderson, Carl ... Zheng, Hou-Feng (2015). TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport. Nature Communications, 6 (7074) 7074, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8074

  • Major histocompatibility complex associations of ankylosing spondylitis are complex and involve further epistasis with ERAP1

    Cortes, Adrian, Pulit, Sara L., Leo, Paul J., Pointon, Jenny J., Robinson, Philip C., Weisman, Michael H., Ward, Michael, Gensler, Lianne S., Zhou, Xiaodong, Garchon, Henri-J., Chiocchia, Gilles, Nossent, Johannes, Lie, Benedicte A., Forre, Oystein, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Laiho, Kari, Bradbury, Linda A., Elewaut, Dirk, Burgos-Vargas, Ruben, Stebbings, Simon, Appleton, Louise, Farrah, Claire, Lau, Jonathan, Haroon, Nigil, Mulero, Juan, Blanco, Francisco J., Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel A., Lopez-Larrea, C., Bowness, Paul ... Brown, Matthew A. (2015). Major histocompatibility complex associations of ankylosing spondylitis are complex and involve further epistasis with ERAP1. Nature Communications, 6 (7146) 7146, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8146

  • Data Resource Profile: Accessible Resource for Integrated Epigenomic Studies (ARIES)

    Relton, Caroline L., Gaunt, Tom, MCardle, Wendy, Ho, Haren, Shihab, Hashem, Woodward, Geoff, Lyttleton, Oliver, Evans, David M., Reik, Wolf, Paul, Yu-Lee, Ticz, Gabriella, Ozanne, Susan E., Wipat, Anil, Flanagan, Keith, Lister, Allyson, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Ring, Susan M. and Smith, George Davey (2015). Data Resource Profile: Accessible Resource for Integrated Epigenomic Studies (ARIES). International Journal of Epidemiology, 44 (4), 1181-1190. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv072

  • Genetic variants in adult bone mineral density and fracture risk genes are associated with the rate of bone mineral density acquisition in adolescence

    Warrington, Nicole M., Kemp, John P., Tilling, Kate, Tobias, Jonathan H. and Evans, David M. (2015). Genetic variants in adult bone mineral density and fracture risk genes are associated with the rate of bone mineral density acquisition in adolescence. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (14) ddv143, 4158-4166. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv143

  • A genome-wide association study of body mass index across early life and childhood

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  • Cardiometabolic effects of genetic upregulation of the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist: A Mendelian randomisation analysis

    Freitag, Daniel, Butterworth, Adam S, Willeit, Peter, Howson, Joanna M M, Burgess, Stephen, Kaptoge, Stephen, Young, Robin, Ho, Weang Kee, Wood, Angela M, Sweeting, Michael, Spackman, Sarah, Staley, James R, Ramond, Anna, Harshfield, Eric, Nielsen, Sune F, Grande, Peer, Lange, Leslie A, Bown, Matthew J, Jones, Gregory T, Scott, Robert A, Bevan, Steve, Porcu, Eleonora, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Zeng, Lingyao, Kessler, Thorsten, Nikpay, Majid, Do, Ron, Zhang, Weihua, Hopewell, Jemma C ... Houlston, Richard S (2015). Cardiometabolic effects of genetic upregulation of the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist: A Mendelian randomisation analysis. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 3 (4), 243-253. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00034-0

  • Shared genetic influences between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits in children and clinical ADHD

    Stergiakouli, Evie, Martin, Joanna, Hamshere, Marian L., Langley, Kate, Evans, David M., St Pourcain, Beate, Timpson, Nicholas J., Owen, Michael J., O'Donovan, Michael, Thapar, Anita and Davey Smith, George (2015). Shared genetic influences between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits in children and clinical ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 54 (4), 322-327. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.01.010

  • Genome-wide association study of blood lead shows multiple associations near ALAD

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  • Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

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  • Genomic influences on alcohol problems in a population-based sample of young adults

    Edwards, Alexis C., Aliev, Fazil, Wolen, Aaron R., Salvatore, Jessica E., Gardner, Charles O., McMahon, George, Evans, David M., Macleod, John, Hickman, Matthew, Dick, Danielle M. and Kendler, Kenneth S. (2015). Genomic influences on alcohol problems in a population-based sample of young adults. Addiction, 110 (3), 461-470. doi: 10.1111/add.12822

  • A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood

    van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Kreiner-Moller, Eskil, Kooijman, Marjolein N., Guxens, Monica, Stergiakouli, Evangelia, Saaf, Annika, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Geller, Frank, Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Cousminer, Diana L., Koerner, Antje, Thiering, Elisabeth, Curtin, John A., Myhre, Ronny, Huikari, Ville, Joro, Raimo, Kerkhof, Marjan, Warrington, Nicole M., Pitkanen, Niina, Ntalla, Ioanna, Horikoshi, Momoko, Veijola, Riitta, Freathy, Rachel M., Teo, Yik-Ying, Barton, Sheila J., Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., St Pourcain, Beate, Ring, Susan M. ... for the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium (2015). A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (4) ddu510, 1155-1168. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu510

  • Associations of vitamin D pathway genes with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin-D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D, and prostate cancer: a nested case–control study

    Gilbert, Rebecca, Bonilla, Carolina, Metcalfe, Chris, Lewis, Sarah, Evans, David M., Fraser, William D., Kemp, John P., Donovan, Jenny L., Hamdy, Freddie C., Neal, David E., Lane, J. Athene, Smith, George Davey, Lathrop, Mark and Martin, Richard M. (2015). Associations of vitamin D pathway genes with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin-D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D, and prostate cancer: a nested case–control study. Cancer Causes and Control, 26 (2), 205-218. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0500-5

  • Assumption-free estimation of the genetic contribution to refractive error across childhood

    Guggenheim, Jeremy A., St Pourcain, Beate, McMahon, George, Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M. and Williams, Cathy (2015). Assumption-free estimation of the genetic contribution to refractive error across childhood. Molecular Vision, 21, 621-632.

  • Genetic dissection of acute anterior uveitis reveals similarities and differences in associations observed with ankylosing spondylitis

    Robinson, Philip C., Claushuis, Theodora A. M., Cortes, Adrian, Martin, Tammy M., Evans, David M., Leo, Paul, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Bradbury, Linda A., Cremin, Katie, Harris, Jessica, Maksymowych, Walter P., Inman, Robert D., Rahman, Proton, Haroon, Nigil, Gensler, Lianne, Powell, Joseph E., Van Der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene E., Hewitt, Alex W., Craig, Jamie E., Lim, Lyndell L., Wakefield, Denis, McCluskey, Peter, Voigt, Valentina, Fleming, Peter, Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada, Australio-Anglo-American Spondylitis Consortium, International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Study 2, Degli-Esposti, Mariapia ... Brown, Matthew A. (2015). Genetic dissection of acute anterior uveitis reveals similarities and differences in associations observed with ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 67 (1), 140-151. doi: 10.1002/art.38873

  • Mendelian randomization: new applications in the coming age of hypothesis free causality

    Evans, David M. and Smith, George Davey (2015). Mendelian randomization: new applications in the coming age of hypothesis free causality. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 16 (1), 327-350. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genom-090314-050016

  • Heritability and genome-wide analyses of problematic peer relationships during childhood and adolescence

    St Pourcain, Beate, Haworth, C. M. A., Davis, O. S. P., Wang, Kai, Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Ronald, Angelica, Price, Tom, Meaburn, Emma, Ring, Susan M., Golding, Jean, Hakonarson, Hakon, Plomin, R. and Smith, George Davey (2014). Heritability and genome-wide analyses of problematic peer relationships during childhood and adolescence. Human Genetics, 134 (6), 539-551. doi: 10.1007/s00439-014-1514-5

  • Genome-wide association study for refractive astigmatism reveals genetic co-determination with spherical equivalent refractive error: the CREAM consortium

    Li, Qing, Wojciechowski, Robert, Simpson, Claire L., Hysi, Pirro G., Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Ikram, Mohammad Kamran, Hohn, Rene, Vitart, Veronique, Hewitt, Alex W., Oexle, Konrad, Makela, Kari-Matti, MacGregor, Stuart, Pirastu, Mario, Fan, Qiao, Cheng, Ching-Yu, St Pourcain, Beate, McMahon, George, Kemp, John P., Northstone, Kate, Rahi, Jugnoo S., Cumberland, Phillippa M., Martin, Nicholas G., Sanfilippo, Paul G., Lu, Yi, Wang, Ya Xing, Hayward, Caroline, Polasek, Ozren, Campbell, Harry, Bencic, Goran ... Guggenheim, Jeremy A. (2014). Genome-wide association study for refractive astigmatism reveals genetic co-determination with spherical equivalent refractive error: the CREAM consortium. Human Genetics, 134 (2), 131-146. doi: 10.1007/s00439-014-1500-y

  • Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with the anthrax toxin receptor 2 gene (ANTXR2)

    Karaderi, T., Keidel, S. M., Pointon, J. J., Appleton, L. H., Brown, M. A., Evans, D. M. and Wordsworth, B. P. (2014). Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with the anthrax toxin receptor 2 gene (ANTXR2). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73 (11), 2054-2058. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205643

  • Genome-wide association study of height-adjusted BMI in childhood identifies functional variant in ADCY3

    Stergiakouli, Evangelia, Gaillard, Romy, Tavare, Jeremy M., Balthasar, Nina, Loos, Ruth J., Taal, Hendrik R., Evans, David M., Rivadeneira, Fernando, St Pourcain, Beate, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Kemp, John P., Hofman, Albert, Ring, Susan M., Cole, Tim J., Jaddoe, Vincent W.V., Smith, George Davey and Timpson, Nicholas J. (2014). Genome-wide association study of height-adjusted BMI in childhood identifies functional variant in ADCY3. Obesity, 22 (10), 2252-2259. doi: 10.1002/oby.20840

  • A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans

    Timpson, Nicholas J., Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L., Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Malerba, Giovanni, Shin, So-Youn, Chen, Lu, Futema, Marta, Southam, Lorraine, Iotchkova, Valentina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Huang, Jie, Memari, Yasin, McCarthy, Shane, Danecek, Petr, Muddyman, Dawn, Mangino, Massimo, Menni, Cristina, Perry, John R. B., Ring, Susan M., Gaye, Amadou, Dedoussis, George, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Burton, Paul, Talmud, Philippa J., Gambaro, Giovanni, Spector, Tim D., Smith, George Davey, Durbin, Richard ... Yang, Jian (2014). A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 4871, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5871

  • Common variation near ROBO2 is associated with expressive vocabulary in infancy

    St Pourcain, Beate, Cents, Rolieke A. M., Whitehouse, Andrew J. O., Haworth, Claire M. A., Davis, Oliver S. P., O'Reilly, Paul F., Roulstone, Susan, Wren, Yvonne, Ang, Qi W., Velders, Fleur P., Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Warrington, Nicole M., Miller, Laura, Timpson, Nicholas J., Ring, Susan M., Verhulst, Frank C., Hofman, Albert, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Meaburn, Emma L., Price, Thomas S., Dale, Philip S., Pillas, Demetris, Yliherva, Anneli, Rodriguez, Alina, Golding, Jean, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Plomin, Robert ... Smith, George Davey (2014). Common variation near ROBO2 is associated with expressive vocabulary in infancy. Nature Communications, 5 (1) A4831, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5831

  • Genome-wide screening for DNA variants associated with reading and language traits

    Gialluisi, A., Newbury, D. F., Wilcutt, E. G., Olson, R. K., Defries, J. C., Brandler, W. M., Pennington, B. F., Smith, S. D., Scerri, T. S., Simpson, N. H., Luciano, M., Evans, D. M., Bates, T. C., Stein, J. F., Talcott, J. B., Monaco, A. P., Paracchini, S., Francks, C. and Fisher, S. E. (2014). Genome-wide screening for DNA variants associated with reading and language traits. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 13 (7), 686-701. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12158

  • Resolving the effects of maternal and offspring genotype on dyadic outcomes in genome wide complex trait analysis ("M-GCTA")

    Eaves, Lindon J., Pourcain, Beate St., Smith, George Davey, York, Timothy P. and Evans, David M. (2014). Resolving the effects of maternal and offspring genotype on dyadic outcomes in genome wide complex trait analysis ("M-GCTA"). Behavior Genetics, 44 (5), 445-455. doi: 10.1007/s10519-014-9666-6

  • Copy number variants and therapeutic response to antidepressant medication in major depressive disorder

    Tansey, K. E., Rucker, J. J. H., Kavanagh, D. H., Guipponi, M., Perroud, N., Bondolfi, G., Domenici, E., Evans, D. M., Hausers, J., Henigsberg, N., Jerman, B., Maier, W., Mors, O., O'Donovan, M., Peters, T. J., Placentino, A., Rietschel, M., Souery, D., Aitchison, K. J., Craig, I., Farmer, A., Wendland, J. R., Malafosse, A., Lewis, G., Kapur, S., McGuffin, P. and Uher, R. (2014). Copy number variants and therapeutic response to antidepressant medication in major depressive disorder. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 14 (4), 395-399. doi: 10.1038/tpj.2013.51

  • Applying polygenic risk scores to postpartum depression

    Byrne, Edna M., Carrillo-Roa, Tania, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Sallis, Hannah M., Viktorin, Alexander, Chapman, Brett, Henders, Anjali K., Pergadia, Michele L., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Sullivan, Patrick F., Boschloo, Lynn, van Grootheest, Gerard, McMahon, George, Lawlor, Debbie A., Landen, Mikael, Lichtenstein, Paul, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Evans, David M., Montgomery, Grant W., Boomsma, Dorret I., Martin, Nicholas G., Meltzer-Brody, Samantha and Wray, Naomi R. (2014). Applying polygenic risk scores to postpartum depression. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 17 (6), 519-528. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0428-5

  • Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children

    Ward, Mary E., McMahon, George, St Pourcain, Beate, Evans, David M., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Benjamin, Daniel J., Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, The Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Smith, George Davey and Timpson, Nicholas J. (2014). Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children. PLoS One, 9 (7) e100248, e100248.1-e100248.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100248

  • Genome wide association identifies common variants at the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 locus influencing plasma cortisol and corticosteroid binding globulin

    Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Lewis, John G., Hammond, Geoffrey L., Hill, Lesley A., Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Raikkonen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Timpson, Nicholas J., Smith, George Davey, Ring, Susan M., Evans, David M. ... Walker, Brian R. (2014). Genome wide association identifies common variants at the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 locus influencing plasma cortisol and corticosteroid binding globulin. PLoS Genetics, 10 (7) e1004474, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004474

  • Cis and trans effects of human genomic variants on gene expression

    Bryois, Julien, Buil, Alfonso, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Montgomery, Stephen B., Conrad, Donald F., Ho, Karen M., Ring, Susan, Hurles, Matthew, Deloukas, Panos, Smith, George Davey and Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T. (2014). Cis and trans effects of human genomic variants on gene expression. PLoS Genetics, 10 (7) e1004461, e1004461. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004461

  • Effects of BMI, fat mass, and lean mass on asthma in childhood: a Mendelian Randomization Study

    Granell, Raquel, Henderson, A. John, Evans, David M., Smith, George Davey, Ness, Andrew R., Lewis, Sarah, Palmer, Tom M. and Sterne, Jonathan A. C. (2014). Effects of BMI, fat mass, and lean mass on asthma in childhood: a Mendelian Randomization Study. PLoS Medicine, 11 (7) e1001669, e1001669. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001669

  • Genetic variation in prostate-specific antigen-detected prostate cancer and the effect of control selection on genetic association studies

    Knipe, Duleeka W., Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Eeles, Rosalind, Easton, Douglas F., Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Al Omama, Ali Amin, Benlloch, Sara, Donovan, Jenny L., Hamdy, Freddie C., Neal, David E., Davey Smith, George, Lathrop, Mark and Martin, Richard M. (2014). Genetic variation in prostate-specific antigen-detected prostate cancer and the effect of control selection on genetic association studies. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 23 (7), 1356-1365. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0889

  • Harmonization of neuroticism and extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: an application of item response theory

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  • Phenotypic dissection of bone mineral density reveals skeletal site specificity and facilitates the identification of novel loci in the genetic regulation of bone mass attainment

    Kemp, John P., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Estrada, Karol, St Pourcain, Beate, Heppe, Denise H. M., Warrington, Nicole M., Oei, Ling, Ring, Susan M., Kruithof, Claudia J., Timpson, Nicholas J., Wolber, Lisa E., Reppe, Sjur, Gautvik, Kaare, Grundberg, Elin, Ge, Bing, van der Eerden, Bram, van de Peppel, Jeroen, Hibbs, Matthew A., Ackert-Bicknell, Cheryl L., Choi, Kwangbom, Koller, Daniel L., Econs, Michael J., Williams, Frances M. K., Foroud, Tatiana, Carola Zillikens, M., Ohlsson, Claes, Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Davey Smith, George ... Evans, David M. (2014). Phenotypic dissection of bone mineral density reveals skeletal site specificity and facilitates the identification of novel loci in the genetic regulation of bone mass attainment. PLoS Genetics, 10 (6) e1004423, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004423

  • Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide values in childhood are associated with 17q11.2-q12 and 17q12-q21 variants

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  • The association between primary tooth emergence and anthropometric measures in young adults: Findings from a large prospective cohort study

    Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Evans, David M. and Tobias, Jonathan H. (2014). The association between primary tooth emergence and anthropometric measures in young adults: Findings from a large prospective cohort study. PLoS One, 9 (5) e96355, e96355.1-e96355.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096355

  • Does bone resorption stimulate periosteal expansion? A cross-sectional analysis of beta-C-telopeptides of type I collagen (CTX), genetic markers of the RANKL pathway, and periosteal circumference as measured by pQCT

    Kemp, John P., Sayers, Adrian, Paternoster, Lavinia, Evans, David M., Deere, Kevin, St Pourcain, Beate, Timpson, Nicholas J., Ring, Susan M., Lorentzon, Mattias, Lehtimäki, Terho, Eriksson, Joel, Kähönen, Mika, Raitakari, Olli, Laaksonen, Marika, Sievänen, Harri, Viikari, Jorma, Lyytikäinen, Leo‐Pekka, Smith, George Davey, Fraser, William D., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Ohlsson, Claes and Tobias, Jon H. (2014). Does bone resorption stimulate periosteal expansion? A cross-sectional analysis of beta-C-telopeptides of type I collagen (CTX), genetic markers of the RANKL pathway, and periosteal circumference as measured by pQCT. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 29 (4), 1015-1024. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2093

  • Childhood intelligence is heritable, highly polygenic and associated with FNBP1L

    Benyamin, B., St Pourcain, B., Davis, O. S., Davies, G., Hansell, N. K., Brion, M. J., Kirkpatrick, R. M., Cents, R. A. M., Franic, S., Miller, M. B., Haworth, C. M. A., Meaburn, E., Price, T. S., Evans, D. M., Timpson, N., Kemp, J., Ring, S., McArdle, W., Medland, S. E., Yang, J., Harris, S. E., Liewald, D. C., Scheet, P., Xiao, X., Hudziak, J. J., de Geus, E. J. C., Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2), Jaddoe, V. W. V., Starr, J. M. ... Visscher, P. M. (2014). Childhood intelligence is heritable, highly polygenic and associated with FNBP1L. Molecular Psychiatry, 19 (2), 253-258. doi: 10.1038/mp.2012.184

  • Genome-wide association study for radiographic vertebral fractures: a potential role for the 16q24 BMD locus

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  • Variability in the common genetic architecture of social-communication spectrum phenotypes during childhood and adolescence

    St Pourcain, Beate, Skuse, David H., Mandy, William P., Wang, Kai, Hakonarson, Hakon, Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Ring, Susan M., McArdle, Wendy L., Golding, Jean and Smith, George Davey (2014). Variability in the common genetic architecture of social-communication spectrum phenotypes during childhood and adolescence. Molecular Autism, 5 (1) 18, 18. doi: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-18

  • Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index

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  • Polygenic scores predict alcohol problems in an independent sample and show moderation by the environment

    Salvatore, Jessica E., Aliev, Fazil, Edwards, Alexia C., Evans, David M., Macleod, John, Hickman, Matthew, Lewis, Glyn, Kendler, Kenneth S., Loukola, Anu, Korhonen, Tellervo, Latvala, Antti, Rose, Richard J., Kaprio, Jaakko and Dick, Danielle M. (2014). Polygenic scores predict alcohol problems in an independent sample and show moderation by the environment. Genes, 5 (2), 330-346. doi: 10.3390/genes5020330

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 11 risk variants associated with the asthma with hay fever phenotype

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  • A population-based study of genetic variation and psychotic experiences in adolescents

    Zammit, Stanley, Hamshere, Marian, Dwyer, Sarah, Georgiva, Lyudmila, Timpson, Nic, Moskvina, Valentina, Richards, Alexander, Evans, David M., Lewis, Glyn, Jones, Peter, Owen, Michael J. and O'Donovan, Michael C. (2013). A population-based study of genetic variation and psychotic experiences in adolescents. Schizophrenia Bulletin, Advance Access (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbt146

  • Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics

    Hu, Yi-Juan, Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Ganna, Andrea, Hirschhorn, Joel, North, Kari E., Ingelsson, Erik, Lin, Dan-Yu, Collins, Francis S., Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Ma¨gi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, To˜nu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian’an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W. ... Ingelsson, Erik (2013). Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics. American Journal of Human Genetics, 93 (2), 236-248. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.06.011

  • Nine loci for ocular axial length identified through genome-wide association studies, including shared loci with refractive error

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  • Genome-wide association and longitudinal analyses reveal genetic loci linking pubertal height growth, pubertal timing and childhood adiposity

    Cousminer D.L., Berry D.J., Timpson N.J., Ang W., Thiering E., Byrne E.M., Rob Taal H., Huikari V., Bradfield J.P., Kerkhof M., Groen-Blokhuis M.M., Kreiner-Moller E., Marinelli M., Holst C., Leinonen J.T., Perry J.R.B., Surakka I., Pietilainen O., Kettunen J., Anttila V., Kaakinen M., Sovio U., Pouta A., Das S., Lagou V., Power C., Prokopenko I., Evans D.M., Kemp J.P. ... Middeldorp, Christel (2013). Genome-wide association and longitudinal analyses reveal genetic loci linking pubertal height growth, pubertal timing and childhood adiposity. Human Molecular Genetics, 22 (13), 2735-2747. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt104

  • Identification of multiple risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis through high-density genotyping of immune-related loci

    Cortes, Adrian, Hadler, Johanna, Pointon, Jenny P., Robinson, Philip C., Karaderi, Tugce, Leo, Paul, Cremin, Katie, Pryce, Karena, Harris, Jessica, Lee, Seunghun, Joo, Kyung Bin, Shim, Seung-Cheol, Weisman, Michael, Ward, Michael, Zhou, Xiaodong, Garchon, Henri-Jean, Chiocchia, Gilles, Nossent, Johannes, Lie, Benedicte A., Førre, Øystein, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Laiho, Kari, Jiang, Lei, Liu, Yu, Wu, Xin, Bradbury, Linda A., Elewaut, Dirk, Burgos-Vargas, Ruben, Stebbings, Simon ... Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2) (2013). Identification of multiple risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis through high-density genotyping of immune-related loci. Nature Genetics, 45 (7), 730-740. doi: 10.1038/ng.2667

  • GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

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  • Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

    den Hoed, Marcel, Eijgelsheim, Mark, Esko, Tonu, Brundel, Bianca J. J. M., Peal, David S., Evans, David M., Nolte, Ilja M., Segre, Ayellet V., Holm, Hilma, Handsaker, Robert E., Westra, Harm-Jan, Johnson, Toby, Isaacs, Aaron, Yang, Jian, Lundby, Alicia, Zhao, Jing Hua, Kim, Young Jin, Go, Min Jin, Almgren, Peter, Bochud, Murielle, Boucher, Gabrielle, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Hadley, David, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, den Heijer, Martin, Igl, Wilmar, Jackson, Anne U. ... Loos, Ruth J. F. (2013). Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nature Genetics, 45 (6), 621-634. doi: 10.1038/ng.2610

  • Corrigendum: Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference (vol 44, pg 532, 2012)

    Taal, H. Rob, St Pourcain, Beate, Thiering, Elisabeth, Das, Shikta, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Warrington, Nicole M., Kaakinen, Marika, Kreiner-Moller, Eskil, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Freathy, Rachel M., Geller, Frank, Guxens, Monica, Cousminer, Diana L., Kerkhof, Marjan, Timpson, Nicholas J., Ikram, M. Arfan, Beilin, Lawrence J., Bonnelykke, Klaus, Buxton, Jessica L., Charoen, Pimphen, Chawes, Bo Lund Krogsgaard, Eriksson, Johan, Evans, David M., Hofman, Albert, Kemp, John P., EKim, Cecilia, Klopp, Norman, Lahti, Jari, Lye, Stephen J. ... Jaddoe, Vincent W. V. (2013). Corrigendum: Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference (vol 44, pg 532, 2012). Nature Genetics, 45 (6), 713-713. doi: 10.1038/ng0613-713a

  • Genome-wide association study identifies loci affecting blood copper, selenium and zinc.

    Evans, David M., Zhu, Gu, Dy, Veronica, Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Kemp, John P., McMahon, George, St Pourcain, Beate, Timpson, Nicholas J., Golding, Jean, Lawlor, Debbie A., Steer, Colin, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G, Smith, George Davey and Whitfield, John B. (2013). Genome-wide association study identifies loci affecting blood copper, selenium and zinc.. Human Molecular Genetics, 22 (19), 3998-4006. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt239

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia (vol 45, pg 314, 2013)

    Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Hysi, Pirro G., Wojciechowski, Robert, Fan, Qiao, Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Hoehn, Rene, MacGregor, Stuart, Hewitt, Alex W., Nag, Abhishek, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Yonova-Doing, Ekaterina, Zhou, Xin, Ikram, M. Kamran, Buitendijk, Gabrielle H. S., McMahon, George, Kemp, John P., St Pourcain, Beate, Simpson, Claire L., Makela, Kari-Matti, Lehtimaki, Terho, Kahonen, Mika, Paterson, Andrew D., Hosseini, S. Mohsen, Wong, Hoi Suen, Xu, Liang, Jonas, Jost B., Parssinen, Olavi, Wedenoja, Juho, Yip, Shea Ping ... Hammond, Christopher J. (2013). Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia (vol 45, pg 314, 2013). Nature Genetics, 45 (6), 712-712. doi: 10.1038/ng0613-712b

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Berndt, Sonja I., Gustafsson, Stefan, Maegi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Wheeler, Eleanor, Feitosa, Mary F., Justice, Anne E., Monda, Keri L., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gentilini, Davide, Jackson, Anne U., Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Vedantam, Sailaja, Willer, Cristen J., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hu, Yi-Juan, Lee, Sang Hong, Liang, Liming, Lin, Dan-Yu, Min, Josine L., Neale, Benjamin M., Thorleifsson, Gudmar ... Ingelsson, Erik (2013). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nature Genetics, 45 (5), 501-U69. doi: 10.1038/ng.2606

  • Using genetic proxies for lifecourse sun exposure to assess the causal relationship of sun exposure with circulating vitamin d and prostate cancer risk

    Bonilla, C., Gilbert, R., Kemp, J. P., Timpson, N. J., Evans, D. M., Donovan, J. L., Hamdy, F. C., Neal, D. E., Fraser, W. D., Smith, G. D., Lewis, S. J., Lathrop, M. and Martin, R. M. (2013). Using genetic proxies for lifecourse sun exposure to assess the causal relationship of sun exposure with circulating vitamin d and prostate cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 22 (4), 597-606. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1248

  • Coordinated genetic scaling of the human eye: Shared determination of axial eye length and corneal curvature

    Guggenheim, J. A., Zhou, X., Evans, D. M., Timpson, N. J., McMahon, G., Kemp, J. P., Pourcain, B. S., Northstone, K., Ring, S. M., Fan, Q., Wong, T. -Y., Cheng, C. Y., Khor, C. C., Aung, T., Saw, S. M. and Williams, C. (2013). Coordinated genetic scaling of the human eye: Shared determination of axial eye length and corneal curvature. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54 (3), 1715-1721. doi: 10.1167/iovs.12-10560

  • Examination of the relationship between variation at 17q21 and childhood wheeze phenotypes

    Granell, R., Henderson A. J., Timpson, N., St. Pourcain, B., Kemp, J. P., Ring, S. M., Ho, K., Montgomery, S. B., Dermitzakis, E. T., Evans, D. M. and Sterne, J. A. C. (2013). Examination of the relationship between variation at 17q21 and childhood wheeze phenotypes. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 131 (3), 685-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.09.021

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Verhoeven V.J.M., Hysi P.G., Wojciechowski R., Fan Q., Guggenheim J.A., Hohn R., Macgregor S., Hewitt A.W., Nag A., Cheng C.-Y., Yonova-Doing E., Zhou X., Ikram M.K., Buitendijk G.H.S., Mcmahon G., Kemp J.P., Pourcain B.S., Simpson C.L., Makela K.-M., Lehtimaki T., Kahonen M., Paterson A.D., Hosseini S.M., Wong H.S., Xu L., Jonas J.B., Parssinen O., Wedenoja J., Yip S.P. ... Hammond C.J. (2013). Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia. Nature Genetics, 45 (3), 314-318. doi: 10.1038/ng.2554

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies WNT16 and ESR1 SNPs associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal women

    Koller D.L., Zheng H.-F., Karasik D., Yerges-Armstrong L., Liu C.-T., McGuigan F., Kemp J.P., Giroux S., Lai D., Edenberg H.J., Peacock M., Czerwinski S.A., Choh A.C., McMahon G., St Pourcain B., Timpson N.J., Lawlor D.A., Evans D.M., Towne B., Blangero J., Carless M.A., Kammerer C., Goltzman D., Kovacs C.S., Prior J.C., Spector T.D., Rousseau F., Tobias J.H., Akesson K. ... Foroud T. (2013). Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies WNT16 and ESR1 SNPs associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 28 (3), 547-558. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1796

  • Genetic determinants of trabecular and cortical volumetric bone mineral densities and bone microstructure

    Paternoster, Lavinia, Lorentzon, Mattias, Lehtimaki, Terho, Eriksson, Joel, Kahonen, Mika, Raitakari, Olli, Laaksonen, Marika, Sievanen, Harri, Viikari, Jorma V, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mellstrom, Dan, Karlsson, Magnus, Ljunggren, Osten, Grundberg, Elin, Kemp, John P., Sayers, Adrian, Nethander, Maria, Evans, David M., Vandenput, Liesbeth, Tobias, Jon H. and Ohlsson, Claes (2013). Genetic determinants of trabecular and cortical volumetric bone mineral densities and bone microstructure. PLoS Genetics, 9 (2) e1003247, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003247

  • Association study of 25 type 2 diabetes related loci with measures of obesity in Indian sib pairs

    Gupta, Vipin, Vinay, Donipadi Guru, Sovio, Ulla, Rafiq, Sajjad, Kranthi Kumar, Madamchetty Venkata, Janipalli, Charles Spurgeon, Evans, David, Mani, Kulathu Radha, Sandeep, Madana Narasimha, Taylor, Amy, Kinra, Sanjay, Sullivan, Ruth, Bowen, Liza, Timpson, Nicholas, da Smith, Georgevey, Dudbridge, Frank, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Reddy, Kolli Srinath, Ebrahim, Shah and Chandak, Giriraj Ratan (2013). Association study of 25 type 2 diabetes related loci with measures of obesity in Indian sib pairs. PLoS ONE, 8 (1) e53944, e53944. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053944

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis of self-reported allergy identifies shared and allergy-specific susceptibility loci

    Hinds, David A., McMahon, George, Kiefer, Amy K., Do, Chuong B., Eriksson, Nicholas, Evans, David M., St Pourcain, Beate, Ring, Susan M., Mountain, Joanna L., Francke, Uta, Davey-Smith, George, Timpson, Nicholas J. and Tung, Joyce Y. (2013). A genome-wide association meta-analysis of self-reported allergy identifies shared and allergy-specific susceptibility loci. Nature Genetics, 45 (8), 907-911. doi: 10.1038/ng.2686

  • A genome-wide association study for corneal curvature identifies the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha gene as a quantitative trait locus for eye size in white Europeans

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  • A genome-wide association study for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts

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  • Common Variants in Left/Right Asymmetry Genes and Pathways Are Associated with Relative Hand Skill

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  • Mining the Human Phenome Using Allelic Scores That Index Biological Intermediates

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  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

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  • Seven newly identified loci for autoimmune thyroid disease

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  • Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell

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  • Genetic predictors of response to serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants in major depressive disorder: a genome-wide analysis of individual-level data and a meta-analysis

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  • WNT16 influences bone mineral density, cortical bone thickness, bone strength, and osteoporotic fracture risk

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  • Power calculations in genetic studies

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  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

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  • Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference

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  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

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  • Is there a higher genetic load of susceptibility loci in familial ankylosing spondylitis?

    Joshi, Reeti, Reveille, John D., Brown, Matthew A., Weisman, Michael H., Ward, Michael M., Gensler, Lianne S., Wordsworth, B. Paul, Evans, David M. and Assassi, Shervin (2012). Is there a higher genetic load of susceptibility loci in familial ankylosing spondylitis?. Arthritis Care and Research, 64 (5), 780-784. doi: 10.1002/acr.21601

  • Patterns of Cis regulatory variation in diverse human populations

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  • Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: A multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

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  • Genome-wide association study of three-dimensional facial morphology identifies a variant in PAX3 associated with nasion position

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  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

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  • Association analysis of 31 common polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes and its related traits in Indian sib pairs

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  • Genome-wide prediction of childhood asthma and related phenotypes in a longitudinal birth cohort

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  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

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  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide scans for total body BMD in children and adults reveals allelic heterogeneity and age-specific effects at the WNT16 locus

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  • Molecular and population analysis of natural selection on the human haptoglobin duplication

    Rodriguez, Santiago, Williams, Dylan M., Guthrie, Philip A. I., Mcardle, Wendy L., Smith, George Davey, Evans, David M., Gaunt, Tom R. and Day, Ian N. M. (2012). Molecular and population analysis of natural selection on the human haptoglobin duplication. Annals of Human Genetics, 76 (5), 352-362. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00716.x

  • Novel association approach for variable number tandem repeats (vntrs) identifies Dock5 as a susceptibility gene for severe obesity

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  • Postnatal growth and DNA methylation are associated with differential gene expression of the TACSTD2 gene and childhood fat mass

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  • New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

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  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

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  • Genome-wide population-based association study of extremely overweight young adults - the GOYA study

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  • Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

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  • A comprehensive evaluation of potential lung function associated genes in the SpiroMeta general population sample

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  • Association of genetic loci with glucose levels in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis of over 6,000 children

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  • A genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of atopy in subjects from the United Kingdom

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  • Associations of FTO and MC4R variants with obesity traits in Indians and the role of rural/urban environment as a possible effect modifier

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  • Genome-wide association study identifies four loci associated with eruption of permanent teeth

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  • The ATXN1 and TRIM31 genes are related to intelligence in an ADHD background: evidence from a large collaborative study totaling 4,963 subjects

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  • A genome-wide association study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction between HLA-C and ERAP1

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  • Follow-up of potential novel Graves' disease susceptibility loci, identified in the UK WTCCC genome-wide nonsynonymous SNP study

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  • A variant in LIN28B is Associated with 2D:4D finger-length ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of prenatal testosterone exposure

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  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

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  • Functional Gene Group Analysis Reveals a Role of Synaptic Heterotrimeric G Proteins in Cognitive Ability

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  • A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2

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  • Genome-wide association study of ankylosing spondylitis identifies non-MHC susceptibility loci

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  • Quantitative trait loci for CD4:CD8 lymphocyte ratio are associated with risk of type 1 diabetes and HIV-1 immune control

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  • Clear detection of ADIPOQ locus as the major gene for plasma adiponectin: results of genome-wide association analyses including 4659 European individuals

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  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of cortical bone mineral density unravels allelic heterogeneity at the RANKL locus and potential Pleiotropic effects on bone

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  • Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci associated with primary tooth development during infancy

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  • Meta-analysis of 20 genome-wide linkage studies evidenced new regions linked to asthma and atopy

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  • OPG and RANK polymorphisms are both associated with cortical bone mineral density: Findings from a metaanalysis of the avon longitudinal study of parents and children and Gothenburg osteoporosis and obesity determinants cohorts

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  • Triglyceride-mediated pathways and coronary disease: Collaborative analysis of 101 studies

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  • Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight

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  • Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function

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  • Investigating the genetic association between ERAP1 and ankylosing spondylitis

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  • Sequence Variants in Three Loci Influence Monocyte Counts and Erythrocyte Volume

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  • Association and interaction analyses of eight genes under asthma linkage peaks

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  • Association of IL23R and ERAP1 genes with ankylosing spondylitis in a Portuguese population

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  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure.

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  • Common variants in the region around Osterix are associated with bone mineral density and growth in childhood

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  • A genome-wide association study reveals variants in ARL15 that influence adiponectin levels

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  • Genetic variants in the vitamin D receptor are associated with advanced prostate cancer at diagnosis: Findings from the prostate testing for cancer and treatment study and a systematic review

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  • Harnessing the information contained within genome-wide association studies to improve individual prediction of complex disease risk

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  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

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  • Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

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  • Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity

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  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

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  • A genome-wide scan for Eysenckian personality dimensions in adolescent twin sibships: Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Lie

    Gillespie, Nathan A., Zhu, Gu, Evans, David M., Medland, Sarah E., Wright, Margie J. and Martin, Nick G. (2008). A genome-wide scan for Eysenckian personality dimensions in adolescent twin sibships: Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Lie. Journal of Personality, 76 (6), 1415-1445. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00527.x

  • To what extent do scans of non-synonymous SNPs complement denser genome-wide association studies?

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  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis association at 6q23

    Thompson, Wendy, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Brown, Matthew A., Bradbury, Linda A., et al. and Evans, David (2007). Rheumatoid arthritis association at 6q23. Nature Genetics, 39 (12), 1431-1433. doi: 10.1038/ng.2007.32

  • Association scan of 14,000 nonsynonymous SNP's in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Wellcome Trust Case control Consortium, The Australo-Anglo-American Spondylitis Consortium, Sims, A-M., Bradbury, L. A., Brown, M. A., Doan, T., Dowling, A. and Evans, D. (2007). Association scan of 14,000 nonsynonymous SNP's in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants. Nature Genetics, 39 (11), 1329-1337. doi: 10.1038/ng.2007.17

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Frazer, K.A., Ballinger, D.G., Cox, D.R., Hinds, D.A., Stuve, L.L., Gibbs, R.A., Belmont, J.W., Boudreau, A., Hardenbol, P., Leal, S.M., Pasternak, S., Wheeler, D.A., Willis, T.D., Yu, F., Yang, H., Zeng, C., Gao, Y., Hu, H., Hu, W., Li, C., Lin, W., Liu, S., Pan, H., Tang, X., Wang, J., Wang, W., Yu, J., Zhang, B., Zhang, Q. ... Stewart, J. (2007). A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs. Nature, 449 (7164), 851-861. doi: 10.1038/nature06258

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Sabeti P.C., Varilly P., Fry B., Lohmueller J., Hostetter E., Cotsapas C., Xie X., Byrne E.H., McCarroll S.A., Gaudet R., Schaffner S.F., Lander E.S., Frazer K.A., Ballinger D.G., Cox D.R., Hinds D.A., Stuve L.L., Gibbs R.A., Belmont J.W., Boudreau A., Hardenbol P., Leal S.M., Pasternak S., Wheeler D.A., Willis T.D., Yu F., Yang H., Zeng C., Gao Y. ... Stewart J. (2007). Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations. Nature, 449 (7164), 913-918. doi: 10.1038/nature06250

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Bradbury, L. A., Brown, M. A. and Evans, D. (2007). Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. Nature, 447 (7145), 661-678. doi: 10.1038/nature05911

  • Genomewide scans of red cell indices suggest linkage on chromosome 6q23

    Iliadou, A., Evans, D. M., Zhu, G., Duffy, D. L., Frazer, I. H., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2007). Genomewide scans of red cell indices suggest linkage on chromosome 6q23. Journal of Medical Genetics, 44 (1), 24-30. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2006.043521

  • Genome-wide association: a promising start to a long race

    Evans, David M. and Cardon, Lon R. (2006). Genome-wide association: a promising start to a long race. Trends in Genetics, 22 (7), 350-354. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.05.001

  • A note on the power to detect transmission distortion in parent-child trios via the transmission disequilibrium test.

    Evans D.M., Morris A.P., Cardon L.R. and Sham P.C. (2006). A note on the power to detect transmission distortion in parent-child trios via the transmission disequilibrium test.. Behavior genetics, 36 (6), 947-950. doi: 10.1007/s10519-006-9087-2

  • Genome-wide scan of IQ finds significant linkage to a quantitative trait locus on 2q

    Luciano, M., Wright, M. J., Duffy, D. L., Wainwright, M. A., Zhu, G., Evans, D. M., Geffen, G. M., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2006). Genome-wide scan of IQ finds significant linkage to a quantitative trait locus on 2q. Behavior Genetics, 36 (1), 45-55. doi: 10.1007/s10519-005-9003-1

  • Two-stage two-locus models in genome-wide association

    Evans D.M., Marchini J., Morris A.P. and Cardon L.R. (2006). Two-stage two-locus models in genome-wide association. PLoS Genetics, 2 (9), 1424-1432. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020157

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    Belmont J.W., Boudreau A., Leal S.M., Hardenbol P., Pasternak S., Wheeler D.A., Willis T.D., Yu F., Yang H., Gao Y., Hu H., Hu W., Li C., Lin W., Liu S., Pan H., Tang X., Wang J., Wang W., Yu J., Zhang B., Zhang Q., Zhao H., Zhou J., Barry R., Blumenstiel B., Camargo A., Defelice M., Faggart M. ... Stewart J. (2005). A haplotype map of the human genome. Nature, 437 (7063), 1299-1320. doi: 10.1038/nature04226

  • Teenage acne is influenced by genetic factors

    Evans, D. M., Kirk, K. M., Nyholt, D. R., Novac, C. and Martin, N. G. (2005). Teenage acne is influenced by genetic factors. British Journal of Dermatology, 152 (3), 579-581. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06387.x

  • A comparison of linkage disequilibrium patterns and estimated population recombination rates across multiple populations

    Evans D.M. and Cardon L.R. (2005). A comparison of linkage disequilibrium patterns and estimated population recombination rates across multiple populations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 76 (4), 681-687. doi: 10.1086/429274

  • Genetically indistinguishable SNPs and their influence on inferring the location of disease-associated variants

    Lawrence, Robert, Evans, David M., Morris, Andrew P., Ke, Xiayi, Hunt, Sarah, Paolucci, Marta, Ragoussis, Jiannis, Deloukas, Panos, Bentley, David and Cardon, Lon R. (2005). Genetically indistinguishable SNPs and their influence on inferring the location of disease-associated variants. Genome Research, 15 (11), 1503-1510. doi: 10.1101/gr.4217605

  • Genotype prediction using a dense map of SNPs

    Evans, David M., Cardon, Lon R. and Morris, Andrew P. (2004). Genotype prediction using a dense map of SNPs. Genetic Epidemiology, 27 (4), 375-384. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20045

  • Guidelines for genotyping in genomewide linkage studies: single-nucleotide-polymorphism maps versus microsatellite maps

    Evans, David M. and Cardon, Lon R. (2004). Guidelines for genotyping in genomewide linkage studies: single-nucleotide-polymorphism maps versus microsatellite maps. American Journal of Human Genetics, 75 (4), 687-692. doi: 10.1086/424696

  • Major quantitative trait locus for eosinophil count is located on chromosome 2q

    Evans, DM, Zhu, G, Duffy, DL, Montgomery, GW, Frazer, IH and Martin, NG (2004). Major quantitative trait locus for eosinophil count is located on chromosome 2q. Journal of Allergy And Clinical Immunology, 114 (4), 826-830. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.05.060

  • A simulation study concerning the effect of varying the residual phenotypic correlation on the power of bivariate quantitative trait loci linkage analysis

    Evans, David M. and Duffy, David L. (2004). A simulation study concerning the effect of varying the residual phenotypic correlation on the power of bivariate quantitative trait loci linkage analysis. Behavior Genetics, 34 (2), 135-141. doi: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000013727.15845.f8

  • A genome scan for eye color in 502 twin families: Most variation is due to a QTL on chromosome 15q

    Zhu, G., Evans, D. M., Duffy, D. L., Montgomery, G. W., Medland, S. E., Gillespie, N. A., Ewen, K. R., Jewell, M., Liew, Y. W., Hayward, N. K., Sturm, R. A., Trent, J. M. and Martin, N. G. (2004). A genome scan for eye color in 502 twin families: Most variation is due to a QTL on chromosome 15q. Twin Research, 7 (2), 197-210. doi: 10.1375/136905204323016186

  • A major quantitative trait locus for CD4-CD8 ratio is located on chromosome 11

    Evans, D. M., Zhu, G., Duffy, D. L., Frazer, I. H., Montgomery, G. W. and Martin, N. G. (2004). A major quantitative trait locus for CD4-CD8 ratio is located on chromosome 11. Genes and Immunity, 5 (7), 548-552. doi: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364126

  • Do the Genetic or Environmental Determinants of Anxiety and Depression Change with Age? A Longitudinal Study of Australian Twins

    Gillespie, Nathan A., Kirk, Katherine M., Evans, David M., Heath, Andrew C., Hickie, Ian B. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2004). Do the Genetic or Environmental Determinants of Anxiety and Depression Change with Age? A Longitudinal Study of Australian Twins. Twin Research, 7 (1), 39-53. doi: 10.1375/13690520460741435

  • Genetic Simplex Modeling of Eysenck's Dimensions of Personality in a Sample of Young Australian Twins

    Gillespie, Nathan A., Evans, David E., Wright, Margie M. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2004). Genetic Simplex Modeling of Eysenck's Dimensions of Personality in a Sample of Young Australian Twins. Twin Research, 7 (6), 637-648. doi: 10.1375/1369052042663814

  • Multivariate QTL linkage analysis suggests a QTL for platelet count on chromosome 19q

    Evans, D. M., Zhu, G., Duffy, D. L., Montgomery, G. W., Frazer, IH and Martin, NG (2004). Multivariate QTL linkage analysis suggests a QTL for platelet count on chromosome 19q. European Journal of Human Genetics, 12 (10), 835-842. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201248

  • A genetic two-factor model of the covariation among a subset of Multidimensional Aptitude Battery and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised subtests

    Luciano, M., Wright, M. J., Geffen, G. M., Geffen, L. B., Smith, G. A., Evans, D. M. and Martin, N. G. (2003). A genetic two-factor model of the covariation among a subset of Multidimensional Aptitude Battery and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised subtests. Intelligence, 31 (6), 589-605. doi: 10.1016/S0160-2896(03)00057-6

  • A note on including phenotypic information from monozygotic twins in variance components Qtl linkage analysis

    Evans D.M. and Medland S.E. (2003). A note on including phenotypic information from monozygotic twins in variance components Qtl linkage analysis. Annals of Human Genetics, 67 (6), 613-617. doi: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00069.x

  • Biometrical Genetics

    Evans, David M., Gillespie, N. A. and Martin, N. G. (2002). Biometrical Genetics. Biological Psychology, 61 (1-2), 33-51. doi: 10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00051-0

  • Developmental genetics of red cell indices during puberty: A longitudinal twin study

    Evans, D. M., Frazer, I. H., Boomsma, D. I. and Martin, N. G. (2001). Developmental genetics of red cell indices during puberty: A longitudinal twin study. International Journal of Human Genetics, 1 (1), 41-53. doi: 10.1080/09723757.2001.11885735

  • The validity of twin studies

    Evans, David M. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2000). The validity of twin studies. GeneScreen, 1 (2), 77-79. doi: 10.1046/j.1466-9218.2000.00027.x

  • Genetic and environmental causes of variation in basal levels of blood cells

    Evans, David M., Frazer, Ian H. and Martin, Nicholas G. (1999). Genetic and environmental causes of variation in basal levels of blood cells. Twin Research, 2 (4), 250-257. doi: 10.1375/twin.2.4.250

  • Effects of memory load and distraction on performance and event-related slow potentials in a visuospatial working memory task

    Geffen, Gina M., Wright, Margaret J., Green, Heather J., Gillespie, Nicole A., Smyth, David C., Evans, David M. and Geffen, Laurence B. (1997). Effects of memory load and distraction on performance and event-related slow potentials in a visuospatial working memory task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 (6), 743-757. doi: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.6.743

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Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Multi-omic Approaches to Understanding Septic Shock

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Investigating the association between maternal and fetal HLA-KIR genotypes and offspring birth weight

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Understanding the genetic epidemiology of women's reproductive health

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Developing and Applying Statistical Genetics Methods to Elucidate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Using Genetics to Investigate Maternal Pregnancy Exposures and the Fetal Origins of Mental Health Outcomes

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Using multi-omics approaches to characterise determinants of early growth trajectories and their consequences on later life health

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • Sometimes Correlation does Equal Causation: Developing Statistical Methods to Determine Causality Using Genetic Data

    There is a well-known mantra that correlation does not necessarily equal causation. This is why randomized controlled trials in which participants are physically randomized into treatment and placebo groups are the gold standard for assessing causality in epidemiological investigations. However, what is less appreciated is that strong evidence for causality can sometimes be obtained using observational data only. In particular, genotypes are randomly transmitted from parents to their offspring independent of the environment and other confounding factors, meaning that genotypes associated with particular traits can be used like natural “randomized controlled trials” to examine whether these traits causally affect risk of disease.

    The aim of this PhD project is to develop statistical methods to assess causality using observational data alone. The successful candidate will gain experience across a wide range of advanced statistical genetics methodologies including Mendelian randomization (a way of using genetic variants to investigate putatively causal relationships), structural equation modelling, genome-wide association analysis (GWAS), genetic restricted maximum likelihood (G-REML) analysis of genome-wide data which can be used to partition variation in phenotypes into genetic and environmental sources of variation, and instrumental variables analysis (using natural “experiments” to obtain information on causality from observational data). The candidate will apply the new statistical methods that they develop to large genetically informative datasets like the UK Biobank (500,000 individuals with genome-wide SNP data).

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