2025
Optimized phenotyping of complex morphological traits: enhancing discovery of common and rare genetic variants
Yuan M, Goovaerts S, Lee M, Devine J, Richmond S, Walsh S, Shriver M, Shaffer J, Marazita M, Peeters H, Weinberg S, Claes P. Optimized phenotyping of complex morphological traits: enhancing discovery of common and rare genetic variants. Briefings In Bioinformatics 2025, 26: bbaf090. PMID: 40062617, PMCID: PMC11891655, DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaf090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRare variant association studiesGenome-wide association studiesComplex morphological traitsGenomic lociSNP heritabilityAssociation studiesRare variantsPhenotypic variationMorphological traitsAxes of phenotypic variationContext of genome-wide association studiesVariant association studiesIndividuals of European ancestryGene-based testsLinkage disequilibrium score regressionRare genetic variantsGenomic relatednessOptimal phenotypeUnrelated individualsGenetic variantsRelevant traitsEuropean ancestryScore regressionPhenotype distributionFamily data
2023
Cis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits
Cheng Y, Justice A, Wang Z, Li B, Hancock D, Johnson E, Xu K. Cis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits. BMC Genomics 2023, 24: 556. PMID: 37730558, PMCID: PMC10510240, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09661-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationMultiple traitsPleiotropic effectsGenetic variantsAberrant DNA methylationPhenome-wide association studyCis-meQTLsComplex traitsRelevant traitsDNAm sitesEnrichment analysisMeQTLsAssociation studiesSignificant traitsTraitsImmune pathwaysMethylationNew insightsMendelian randomizationImmunological functionsGenesVariantsCausal rolePathwayCpG
2018
Genetics of alcohol use disorder: a review
Deak J, Miller A, Gizer I. Genetics of alcohol use disorder: a review. Current Opinion In Psychology 2018, 27: 56-61. PMID: 30170251, PMCID: PMC6368900, DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSuccess of GWASAssociation studiesGenome-wide linkageQuantitative genetic studiesCandidate gene association studiesHundreds of variantsMolecular genetic researchGene association studiesGene discoveryGenetic variationRelevant traitsGWAS dataGenetic studiesGenetic researchEtiology of AUDGenomeTraitsGenetic etiologyHeritabilitySpecific variationsPresent reviewGeneticsRecent effortsSmall effect
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