Challenges and opportunities for develo** more generalizable polygenic risk scores

Y Wang, K Tsuo, M Kanai, BM Neale… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate an individual's genetic likelihood of complex traits and
diseases by aggregating information across multiple genetic variants identified from genome …

Genetic prediction of complex traits with polygenic scores: a statistical review

Y Ma, X Zhou - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Accurate genetic prediction of complex traits can facilitate disease screening, improve early
intervention, and aid in the development of personalized medicine. Genetic prediction of …

Genome-wide association testing beyond SNPs

L Harris, EM McDonagh, X Zhang, K Fawcett… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Decades of genetic association testing in human cohorts have provided important insights
into the genetic architecture and biological underpinnings of complex traits and diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Where the genome meets the connectome: understanding how genes shape human brain connectivity

A Arnatkeviciute, BD Fulcher, MA Bellgrove, A Fornito - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
The integration of modern neuroimaging methods with genetically informative designs and
data can shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying the structural and functional …

How to estimate heritability: A guide for genetic epidemiologists

CJS Barry, VM Walker, R Cheesman… - International Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Traditionally, heritability has been estimated using family-based methods such as twin
studies. Advancements in molecular genomics have facilitated the development of methods …

Likelihood-based Mendelian randomization analysis with automated instrument selection and horizontal pleiotropic modeling

Z Yuan, L Liu, P Guo, R Yan, F Xue, X Zhou - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a common tool for identifying causal risk factors
underlying diseases. Here, we present a method, MR with automated instrument …

Heritability estimation approaches utilizing genome‐wide data

AK Srivastava, SM Williams, G Zhang - Current protocols, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prior to the development of genome‐wide arrays and whole genome sequencing
technologies, heritability estimation mainly relied on the study of related individuals. Over …

Accurate and efficient estimation of local heritability using summary statistics and the linkage disequilibrium matrix

H Li, R Mazumder, X Lin - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Existing SNP-heritability estimators that leverage summary statistics from genome-wide
association studies (GWAS) are much less efficient (ie, have larger standard errors) than the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of multiple imputation algorithms and verification using whole-genome sequencing in the CMUH genetic biobank

TY Liu, CF Lin, HT Wu, YL Wu, YC Chen, CC Liao… - Biomedicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) can be conducted to systematically analyze the
contributions of genetic factors to a wide variety of complex diseases. Nevertheless, existing …

“Fast” women? The effects of childhood environments on women's developmental timing, mating strategies, and reproductive outcomes

T Dinh, MG Haselton, SW Gangestad - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
The fast-slow paradigm of life history theory has been a popular approach to individual
differences in the evolutionary behavioral sciences. Currently, however, the fast-slow …