Status and prospects of genome‐wide association studies in plants

L Tibbs Cortes, Z Zhang, J Yu - The plant genome, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have developed into a powerful and ubiquitous
tool for the investigation of complex traits. In large part, this was fueled by advances in …

The post-GWAS era: from association to function

MD Gallagher, AS Chen-Plotkin - The American Journal of Human …, 2018 - cell.com
During the past 12 years, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have uncovered
thousands of genetic variants that influence risk for complex human traits and diseases. Yet …

Causal relationship between gut microbiota and cancers: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study

Y Long, L Tang, Y Zhou, S Zhao, H Zhu - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Evidence from observational studies and clinical trials suggests that the gut
microbiota is associated with cancer. However, the causal association between gut …

A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

J Teng, Y Gao, H Yin, Z Bai, S Liu, H Zeng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) project has been
established to develop a public resource of genetic regulatory variants in livestock, which is …

Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement

ZJ Chen, A Sreedasyam, A Ando, Q Song… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Polyploidy is an evolutionary innovation for many animals and all flowering plants, but its
impact on selection and domestication remains elusive. Here we analyze genome evolution …

Update on NAFLD genetics: from new variants to the clinic

E Trépo, L Valenti - Journal of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of liver diseases in high-
income countries and the burden of NAFLD is increasing at an alarming rate. The risk of …

Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program

A Verma, JE Huffman, A Rodriguez, M Conery, M Liu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
One of the justifiable criticisms of human genetic studies is the underrepresentation of
participants from diverse populations. Lack of inclusion must be addressed at-scale to …

LDBlockShow: a fast and convenient tool for visualizing linkage disequilibrium and haplotype blocks based on variant call format files

SS Dong, WM He, JJ Ji, C Zhang, Y Guo… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The triangular correlation heatmap aiming to visualize the linkage disequilibrium (LD)
pattern and haplotype block structure of SNPs is ubiquitous component of population-based …

Second-generation PLINK: rising to the challenge of larger and richer datasets

CC Chang, CC Chow, LCAM Tellier, S Vattikuti… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background PLINK 1 is a widely used open-source C/C++ toolset for genome-wide
association studies (GWAS) and research in population genetics. However, the steady …

Genetic programs in human and mouse early embryos revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing

Z Xue, K Huang, C Cai, L Cai, C Jiang, Y Feng, Z Liu… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Mammalian pre-implantation development is a complex process involving dramatic changes
in the transcriptional architecture,,,. We report here a comprehensive analysis of …