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1. Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes.

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Clark DW, Okada Y, Moore KHS, Mason D, Pirastu N, Gandin I, Mattsson H, Barnes CLK, Lin K, Zhao JH, Deelen P, Rohde R, Schurmann C, Guo X, Giulianini F, Zhang W, Medina-Gomez C, Karlsson R, Bao Y, Bartz TM, Baumbach C, Biino G, Bixley MJ, Brumat M, Chai JF, Corre T, Cousminer DL, Dekker AM, Eccles DA, van Eijk KR, Fuchsberger C, Gao H, Germain M, Gordon SD, de Haan HG, Harris SE, Hofer E, Huerta-Chagoya A, Igartua C, Jansen IE, Jia Y, Kacprowski T, Karlsson T, Kleber ME, Li SA, Li-Gao R, Mahajan A, Matsuda K, Meidtner K, Meng W, Montasser ME, van der Most PJ, Munz M, Nutile T, Palviainen T, Prasad G, Prasad RB, Priyanka TDS, Rizzi F, Salvi E, Sapkota BR, Shriner D, Skotte L, Smart MC, Smith AV, van der Spek A, Spracklen CN, Strawbridge RJ, Tajuddin SM, Trompet S, Turman C, Verweij N, Viberti C, Wang L, Warren HR, Wootton RE, Yanek LR, Yao J, Yousri NA, Zhao W, Adeyemo AA, Afaq S, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Akiyama M, Albert ML, Allison MA, Alver M, Aung T, Azizi F, Bentley AR, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Borja JB, de Borst GJ, Bottinger EP, Broer L, Campbell H, Chanock S, Chee ML, Chen G, Chen YI, Chen Z, Chiu YF, Cocca M, Collins FS, Concas MP, Corley J, Cugliari G, van Dam RM, Damulina A, Daneshpour MS, Day FR, Delgado GE, Dhana K, Doney ASF, Dörr M, Doumatey AP, Dzimiri N, Ebenesersdóttir SS, Elliott J, Elliott P, Ewert R, Felix JF, Fischer K, Freedman BI, Girotto G, Goel A, Gögele M, Goodarzi MO, Graff M, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Grodstein F, Guarrera S, Gudbjartsson DF, Guity K, Gunnarsson B, Guo Y, Hagenaars SP, Haiman CA, Halevy A, Harris TB, Hedayati M, van Heel DA, Hirata M, Höfer I, Hsiung CA, Huang J, Hung YJ, Ikram MA, Jagadeesan A, Jousilahti P, Kamatani Y, Kanai M, Kerrison ND, Kessler T, Khaw KT, Khor CC, de Kleijn DPV, Koh WP, Kolcic I, Kraft P, Krämer BK, Kutalik Z, Kuusisto J, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lawlor DA, Lee IT, Lee WJ, Lerch MM, Li L, Liu J, Loh M, London SJ, Loomis S, Lu Y, Luan J, Mägi R, Manichaikul AW, Manunta P, Másson G, Matoba N, Mei XW, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Mezzavilla M, Milani L, Millwood IY, Momozawa Y, Moore A, Morange PE, Moreno-Macías H, Mori TA, Morrison AC, Muka T, Murakami Y, Murray AD, de Mutsert R, Mychaleckyj JC, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Neville MJ, Nolte IM, Ong KK, Orozco L, Padmanabhan S, Pálsson G, Pankow JS, Pattaro C, Pattie A, Polasek O, Poulter N, Pramstaller PP, Quintana-Murci L, Räikkönen K, Ralhan S, Rao DC, van Rheenen W, Rich SS, Ridker PM, Rietveld CA, Robino A, van Rooij FJA, Ruggiero D, Saba Y, Sabanayagam C, Sabater-Lleal M, Sala CF, Salomaa V, Sandow K, Schmidt H, Scott LJ, Scott WR, Sedaghati-Khayat B, Sennblad B, van Setten J, Sever PJ, Sheu WH, Shi Y, Shrestha S, Shukla SR, Sigurdsson JK, Sikka TT, Singh JR, Smith BH, Stančáková A, Stanton A, Starr JM, Stefansdottir L, Straker L, Sulem P, Sveinbjornsson G, Swertz MA, Taylor AM, Taylor KD, Terzikhan N, Tham YC, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tillander A, Tracy RP, Tusié-Luna T, Tzoulaki I, Vaccargiu S, Vangipurapu J, Veldink JH, Vitart V, Völker U, Vuoksimaa E, Wakil SM, Waldenberger M, Wander GS, Wang YX, Wareham NJ, Wild S, Yajnik CS, Yuan JM, Zeng L, Zhang L, Zhou J, Amin N, Asselbergs FW, Bakker SJL, Becker DM, Lehne B, Bennett DA, van den Berg LH, Berndt SI, Bharadwaj D, Bielak LF, Bochud M, Boehnke M, Bouchard C, Bradfield JP, Brody JA, Campbell A, Carmi S, Caulfield MJ, Cesarini D, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Cheng CY, Ciullo M, Cornelis M, Cusi D, Smith GD, Deary IJ, Dorajoo R, van Duijn CM, Ellinghaus D, Erdmann J, Eriksson JG, Evangelou E, Evans MK, Faul JD, Feenstra B, Feitosa M, Foisy S, Franke A, Friedlander Y, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Gonzalez C, Goyette P, Grant SFA, Griffiths LR, Groop L, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hakonarson H, Hamsten A, van der Harst P, Heng CK, Hicks AA, Hochner H, Huikuri H, Hunt SC, Jaddoe VWV, De Jager PL, Johannesson M, Johansson Å, Jonas JB, Jukema JW, Junttila J, Kaprio J, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kumari M, Laakso M, van der Laan SW, Lahti J, Laudes M, Lea RA, Lieb W, Lumley T, Martin NG, März W, Matullo G, McCarthy MI, Medland SE, Merriman TR, Metspalu A, Meyer BF, Mohlke KL, Montgomery GW, Mook-Kanamori D, Munroe PB, North KE, Nyholt DR, O'connell JR, Ober C, Oldehinkel AJ, Palmas W, Palmer C, Pasterkamp GG, Patin E, Pennell CE, Perusse L, Peyser PA, Pirastu M, Polderman TJC, Porteous DJ, Posthuma D, Psaty BM, Rioux JD, Rivadeneira F, Rotimi C, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Den Ruijter HM, Sanghera DK, Sattar N, Schmidt R, Schulze MB, Schunkert H, Scott RA, Shuldiner AR, Sim X, Small N, Smith JA, Sotoodehnia N, Tai ES, Teumer A, Timpson NJ, Toniolo D, Tregouet DA, Tuomi T, Vollenweider P, Wang CA, Weir DR, Whitfield JB, Wijmenga C, Wong TY, Wright J, Yang J, Yu L, Zemel BS, Zonderman AB, Perola M, Magnusson PKE, Uitterlinden AG, Kooner JS, Chasman DI, Loos RJF, Franceschini N, Franke L, Haley CS, Hayward C, Walters RG, Perry JRB, Esko T, Helgason A, Stefansson K, Joshi PK, Kubo M, and Wilson JF

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Alleles, Haplotypes, Homozygote, Humans, Body Size genetics, Cognition, Consanguinity, Fertility genetics, Health Status, Inbreeding Depression genetics, Risk-Taking
Abstract

In many species, the offspring of related parents suffer reduced reproductive success, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. In humans, the importance of this effect has remained unclear, partly because reproduction between close relatives is both rare and frequently associated with confounding social factors. Here, using genomic inbreeding coefficients (F ROH ) for >1.4 million individuals, we show that F ROH is significantly associated (p < 0.0005) with apparently deleterious changes in 32 out of 100 traits analysed. These changes are associated with runs of homozygosity (ROH), but not with common variant homozygosity, suggesting that genetic variants associated with inbreeding depression are predominantly rare. The effect on fertility is striking: F ROH equivalent to the offspring of first cousins is associated with a 55% decrease [95% CI 44-66%] in the odds of having children. Finally, the effects of F ROH are confirmed within full-sibling pairs, where the variation in F ROH is independent of all environmental confounding.

Published
2019
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2. A sequence variant associating with educational attainment also affects childhood cognition.

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Gunnarsson B, Jónsdóttir GA, Björnsdóttir G, Konte B, Sulem P, Kristmundsdóttir S, Kehr B, Gústafsson Ó, Helgason H, Iordache PD, Ólafsson S, Frigge ML, Þorleifsson G, Arnarsdóttir S, Stefánsdóttir B, Giegling I, Djurovic S, Sundet KS, Espeseth T, Melle I, Hartmann AM, Thorsteinsdottir U, Kong A, Guðbjartsson DF, Ettinger U, Andreassen OA, Dan Rujescu, Halldórsson JG, Stefánsson H, Halldórsson BV, and Stefánsson K

Subjects
Academic Success, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 genetics, Databases, Genetic, Educational Status, Female, Genetic Markers, Humans, Iceland, Male, Multifactorial Inheritance, Nuclear Proteins genetics, Cognition, Dyslexia genetics, Intelligence genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Abstract

Only a few common variants in the sequence of the genome have been shown to impact cognitive traits. Here we demonstrate that polygenic scores of educational attainment predict specific aspects of childhood cognition, as measured with IQ. Recently, three sequence variants were shown to associate with educational attainment, a confluence phenotype of genetic and environmental factors contributing to academic success. We show that one of these variants associating with educational attainment, rs4851266-T, also associates with Verbal IQ in dyslexic children (P = 4.3 × 10 -4 , β = 0.16 s.d.). The effect of 0.16 s.d. corresponds to 1.4 IQ points for heterozygotes and 2.8 IQ points for homozygotes. We verified this association in independent samples consisting of adults (P = 8.3 × 10 -5 , β = 0.12 s.d., combined P = 2.2 x 10 -7 , β = 0.14 s.d.). Childhood cognition is unlikely to be affected by education attained later in life, and the variant explains a greater fraction of the variance in verbal IQ than in educational attainment (0.7% vs 0.12%,. P = 1.0 × 10 -5 )., Competing Interests: B.G., G.A.J., G.B., P.S., S.K., B.Ke., O.G., H.H., P.I., S.O., M.F., G.Þ., S.A., B.S., U.Th., A.K., D.F.G., H.S., B.V.H. and K.S. are employees of deCODE Genetics/Amgen.

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2016
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3. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Sven J van der, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, and Horan, Michael A

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Statistics, Mathematical Sciences, Human Genome, Clinical Research, Alzheimer Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Brain, Cognition, Computational Biology, Educational Status, Fetus, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene-Environment Interaction, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Schizophrenia, United Kingdom, LifeLines Cohort Study, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Published
2016

4. Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes

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Clark, David W, Okada, Yukinori, Moore, Kristjan HS, Mason, Dan, Pirastu, Nicola, Gandin, Ilaria, Mattsson, Hannele, Barnes, Catriona LK, Lin, Kuang, Zhao, Jing Hua, Deelen, Patrick, Rohde, Rebecca, Schurmann, Claudia, Guo, Xiuqing, Giulianini, Franco, Zhang, Weihua, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Karlsson, Robert, Bao, Yanchun, Bartz, Traci M, Baumbach, Clemens, Biino, Ginevra, Bixley, Matthew J, Brumat, Marco, Chai, Jin-Fang, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Dekker, Annelot M, Eccles, David A, Van Eijk, Kristel R, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gao, He, Germain, Marine, Gordon, Scott D, De Haan, Hugoline G, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Huerta-Chagoya, Alicia, Igartua, Catherine, Jansen, Iris E, Jia, Yucheng, Kacprowski, Tim, Karlsson, Torgny, Kleber, Marcus E, Li, Shengchao Alfred, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Mahajan, Anubha, Matsuda, Koichi, Meidtner, Karina, Meng, Weihua, Montasser, May E, Van Der Most, Peter J, Munz, Matthias, Nutile, Teresa, Palviainen, Teemu, Prasad, Gauri, Prasad, Rashmi B, Priyanka, Tallapragada Divya Sri, Rizzi, Federica, Salvi, Erika, Sapkota, Bishwa R, Shriner, Daniel, Skotte, Line, Smart, Melissa C, Smith, Albert Vernon, Van Der Spek, Ashley, Spracklen, Cassandra N, Strawbridge, Rona J, Tajuddin, Salman M, Trompet, Stella, Turman, Constance, Verweij, Niek, Viberti, Clara, Wang, Lihua, Warren, Helen R, Wootton, Robyn E, Yanek, Lisa R, Yao, Jie, Yousri, Noha A, Zhao, Wei, Adeyemo, Adebowale A, Afaq, Saima, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos Alberto, Akiyama, Masato, Albert, Matthew L, Allison, Matthew A, Alver, Maris, Aung, Tin, Azizi, Fereidoun, Bentley, Amy R, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Borja, Judith B, De Borst, Gert J, Bottinger, Erwin P, Broer, Linda, Campbell, Harry, Chanock, Stephen, Chee, Miao-Li, Chen, Guanjie, Chen, Yii-Der I, Chen, Zhengming, Chiu, Yen-Feng, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S, Concas, Maria Pina, Corley, Janie, Cugliari, Giovanni, Van Dam, Rob M, Damulina, Anna, Daneshpour, Maryam S, Day, Felix R, Delgado, Graciela E, Dhana, Klodian, Doney, Alexander SF, Dörr, Marcus, Doumatey, Ayo P, Dzimiri, Nduna, Ebenesersdóttir, S Sunna, Elliott, Joshua, Elliott, Paul, Ewert, Ralf, Felix, Janine F, Fischer, Krista, Freedman, Barry I, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gögele, Martin, Goodarzi, Mark O, Graff, Mariaelisa, Granot-Hershkovitz, Einat, Grodstein, Francine, Guarrera, Simonetta, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Guity, Kamran, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Guo, Yu, Hagenaars, Saskia P, Haiman, Christopher A, Halevy, Avner, Harris, Tamara B, Hedayati, Mehdi, Van Heel, David A, Hirata, Makoto, Höfer, Imo, Hsiung, Chao Agnes, Huang, Jinyan, Hung, Yi-Jen, Ikram, M Arfan, Jagadeesan, Anuradha, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanai, Masahiro, Kerrison, Nicola D, Kessler, Thorsten, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Khor, Chiea Chuen, De Kleijn, Dominique PV, Koh, Woon-Puay, Kolcic, Ivana, Kraft, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kutalik, Zoltán, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J, Lawlor, Deborah A, Lee, I-Te, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lerch, Markus M, Li, Liming, Liu, Jianjun, Loh, Marie, London, Stephanie J, Loomis, Stephanie, Lu, Yingchang, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Manichaikul, Ani W, Manunta, Paolo, Másson, Gísli, Matoba, Nana, Mei, Xue W, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Milani, Lili, Millwood, Iona Y, Momozawa, Yukihide, Moore, Amy, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, Moreno-Macías, Hortensia, Mori, Trevor A, Morrison, Alanna C, Muka, Taulant, Murakami, Yoshinori, Murray, Alison D, De Mutsert, Renée, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C, Nalls, Mike A, Nauck, Matthias, Neville, Matt J, Nolte, Ilja M, Ong, Ken K, Orozco, Lorena, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Pálsson, Gunnar, Pankow, James S, Pattaro, Cristian, Pattie, Alison, Polasek, Ozren, Poulter, Neil, Pramstaller, Peter P, Quintana-Murci, Lluis, Räikkönen, Katri, Ralhan, Sarju, Rao, Dabeeru C, Van Rheenen, Wouter, Rich, Stephen S, Ridker, Paul M, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Robino, Antonietta, Van Rooij, Frank JA, Ruggiero, Daniela, Saba, Yasaman, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Sala, Cinzia Felicita, Salomaa, Veikko, Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J, Scott, William R, Sedaghati-Khayat, Bahareh, Sennblad, Bengt, Van Setten, Jessica, Sever, Peter J, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Shi, Yuan, Shrestha, Smeeta, Shukla, Sharvari Rahul, Sigurdsson, Jon K, Sikka, Timo Tonis, Singh, Jai Rup, Smith, Blair H, Stančáková, Alena, Stanton, Alice, Starr, John M, Stefansdottir, Lilja, Straker, Leon, Sulem, Patrick, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Swertz, Morris A, Taylor, Adele M, Taylor, Kent D, Terzikhan, Natalie, Tham, Yih-Chung, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tillander, Annika, Tracy, Russell P, Tusié-Luna, Teresa, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Vaccargiu, Simona, Vangipurapu, Jagadish, Veldink, Jan H, Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Wakil, Salma M, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wander, Gurpreet S, Wang, Ya Xing, Wareham, Nicholas J, Wild, Sarah, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zeng, Lingyao, Zhang, Liang, Zhou, Jie, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan JL, Becker, Diane M, Lehne, Benjamin, Bennett, David A, Van Den Berg, Leonard H, Berndt, Sonja I, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Bielak, Lawrence F, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Mike, Bouchard, Claude, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Brody, Jennifer A, Campbell, Archie, Carmi, Shai, Caulfield, Mark J, Cesarini, David, Chambers, John C, Chandak, Giriraj Ratan, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Ciullo, Marina, Cornelis, Marilyn, Cusi, Daniele, Smith, George Davey, Deary, Ian J, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Ellinghaus, David, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G, Evangelou, Evangelos, Evans, Michele K, Faul, Jessica D, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary, Foisy, Sylvain, Franke, Andre, Friedlander, Yechiel, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Gonzalez, Clicerio, Goyette, Philippe, Grant, Struan FA, Griffiths, Lyn R, Groop, Leif, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hamsten, Anders, Van Der Harst, Pim, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hicks, Andrew A, Hochner, Hagit, Huikuri, Heikki, Hunt, Steven C, Jaddoe, Vincent WV, De Jager, Philip L, Johannesson, Magnus, Johansson, Åsa, Jonas, Jost B, Jukema, J Wouter, Junttila, Juhani, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Van Der Laan, Sander W, Lahti, Jari, Laudes, Matthias, Lea, Rodney A, Lieb, Wolfgang, Lumley, Thomas, Martin, Nicholas G, März, Winfried, Matullo, Giuseppe, McCarthy, Mark I, Medland, Sarah E, Merriman, Tony R, Metspalu, Andres, Meyer, Brian F, Mohlke, Karen L, Montgomery, Grant W, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis, Munroe, Patricia B, North, Kari E, Nyholt, Dale R, O'connell, Jeffery R, Ober, Carole, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Palmas, Walter, Palmer, Colin, Pasterkamp, Gerard G, Patin, Etienne, Pennell, Craig E, Perusse, Louis, Peyser, Patricia A, Pirastu, Mario, Polderman, Tinca JC, Porteous, David J, Posthuma, Danielle, Psaty, Bruce M, Rioux, John D, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotimi, Charles, Rotter, Jerome I, Rudan, Igor, Den Ruijter, Hester M, Sanghera, Dharambir K, Sattar, Naveed, Schmidt, Reinhold, Schulze, Matthias B, Schunkert, Heribert, Scott, Robert A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Sim, Xueling, Small, Neil, Smith, Jennifer A, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Tai, E-Shyong, Teumer, Alexander, Timpson, Nicholas J, Toniolo, Daniela, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Vollenweider, Peter, Wang, Carol A, Weir, David R, Whitfield, John B, Wijmenga, Cisca, Wong, Tien-Yin, Wright, John, Yang, Jingyun, Yu, Lei, Zemel, Babette S, Zonderman, Alan B, Perola, Markus, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Uitterlinden, André G, Kooner, Jaspal S, Chasman, Daniel I, Loos, Ruth JF, Franceschini, Nora, Franke, Lude, Haley, Chris S, Hayward, Caroline, Walters, Robin G, Perry, John RB, Esko, Tōnu, Helgason, Agnar, Stefansson, Kari, Joshi, Peter K, Kubo, Michiaki, and Wilson, James F

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Consanguinity, Cognition, Fertility, Inbreeding Depression, Risk-Taking, Haplotypes, Health Status, Homozygote, Body Size, Humans, Alleles, 3. Good health
Abstract

In many species, the offspring of related parents suffer reduced reproductive success, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. In humans, the importance of this effect has remained unclear, partly because reproduction between close relatives is both rare and frequently associated with confounding social factors. Here, using genomic inbreeding coefficients (FROH) for >1.4 million individuals, we show that FROH is significantly associated (p < 0.0005) with apparently deleterious changes in 32 out of 100 traits analysed. These changes are associated with runs of homozygosity (ROH), but not with common variant homozygosity, suggesting that genetic variants associated with inbreeding depression are predominantly rare. The effect on fertility is striking: FROH equivalent to the offspring of first cousins is associated with a 55% decrease [95% CI 44-66%] in the odds of having children. Finally, the effects of FROH are confirmed within full-sibling pairs, where the variation in FROH is independent of all environmental confounding.

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

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K. Petrovic, Massimo Mangino, Daniele Cusi, Ozren Polasek, Rodney J. Scott, Yong Qian, Aysu Okbay, Jari Lahti, Bjarni Gunnarsson, George McMahon, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Thomas Meitinger, Frank J. A. van Rooij, Mika Kähönen, Martin Kroh, Ian J. Deary, Neil Pendleton, Pamela A. F. Madden, David J. Porteous, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Sven Oskarsson, Edith Hofer, Robert F. Krueger, Olga Rostapshova, Georg Homuth, Paolo Gasparini, Aldo Rustichini, Sarah E. Medland, Christian Gieger, Veronique Vitart, Nicholas J. Timpson, George Dedoussis, Joseph K. Pickrell, Christopher Oldmeadow, Aldi T. Kraja, Johan G. Eriksson, Lydia Quaye, William G. Iacono, Danielle Posthuma, George Davey Smith, Karl-Oskar Lindgren, David C. Liewald, Pim van der Harst, Börge Schmidt, Christine Power, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Francesco Cucca, Simona Vaccargiu, Joyce Y. Tung, Aarno Palotie, Natalia Pervjakova, Jonas Bacelis, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Helena Schmidt, Kari Stefansson, Tamara B. Harris, Momoko Horikoshi, Lude Franke, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Ingrid B. Borecki, William E R Ollier, Johannes Waage, Andreas J. Forstner, Caroline Hayward, Penelope A. Lind, Patricia A. Boyle, Kadri Kaasik, Jian Yang, Gerardus A. Meddens, Antti Latvala, John Attia, Pascal Timshel, Vilmundur Gudnason, Maël Lebreton, Valur Emilsson, James F. Wilson, Jonathan Marten, Ute Bültmann, Erika Salvi, Olli T. Raitakari, Peter M. Visscher, Niek Verweij, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Cristina Venturini, Lili Milani, Tessel E. Galesloot, Kevin Thom, Klaus Berger, Paul Lichtenstein, Tian Liu, Philipp Koellinger, Riccardo E. Marioni, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Clemens Baumbach, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Magnus Johannesson, Susan M. Ring, David A. Bennett, Anu Loukola, Hans-Jörgen Grabe, Jan A. Staessen, Igor Rudan, Ginevra Biino, Nicholas G. Martin, Jingyun Yang, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Katri Räikkönen, Zhihong Zhu, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Mary F. 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0301 basic medicine, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Candidate gene, Bipolar Disorder, Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Genome-wide association studies, 0302 clinical medicine, Cognition, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Computational Biology, Fetus, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene-Environment Interaction, Great Britain, Humans, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Schizophrenia, Educational Status, Genome-Wide Association Study, Medicine (all), Multidisciplinary, Fetu, tau, Gene–environment interaction, Soziales und Gesundheit, Genetics, [QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin], HERITABILITY, General Commentary, Alzheimer's disease, Biobank, Phenotype, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], educational attainment, Behavioural genetics, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Bildungsniveau, TRAITS, Human, General Science & Technology, Kultursektor, SNP, ta3111, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Learning and memory, Alzheimer Disease/genetics, Bipolar Disorder/genetics, Brain/metabolism, Fetus/metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation/genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Schizophrenia/genetics, 03 medical and health sciences, ACHIEVEMENT, MD Multidisciplinary, Non-Profit-Sektor, QH426, Science & Technology, Neurodevelopmental disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 7], tauopathies, Data Science, gene, education, school, Heritability, Educational Statu, Educational attainment, United Kingdom, 030104 developmental biology, IQ, Genetische Forschung, Psychiatric disorders, Bildung, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, LifeLines Cohort Study, Neuroscience
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Contains fulltext : 167137.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.

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2016
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