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Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder
Polimanti R, Gelernter J. Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder. PLOS Genetics 2017, 13: e1006618. PMID: 28187187, PMCID: PMC5328401, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderBipolar DisorderBrainComputational BiologyDepressive Disorder, MajorGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansPituitary GlandPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsSchizophreniaTranscriptomeConceptsPositive selectionGene Ontology enrichmentGene expression enrichmentPrevious genetic studiesGWAS summary statisticsNervous system developmentCommon risk allelesPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSystems geneticsOntology enrichmentRisk allelesSynapse organizationWidespread signaturesEvolutionary processesGenetic studiesGenomics ConsortiumGWASHuman evolutionAllelesIncomplete selectionEffect directionMinor alleleComplete selectionEnrichmentSummary statistics
2023
Multi‐omics cannot replace sample size in genome‐wide association studies
Baranger D, Hatoum A, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Edenberg H, Bogdan R, Agrawal A. Multi‐omics cannot replace sample size in genome‐wide association studies. Genes Brain & Behavior 2023, 22: e12846. PMID: 36977197, PMCID: PMC10733567, DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12846.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsGene Expression ProfilingGenome-Wide Association StudyMultiomicsPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSample SizeConceptsGenome-wide association studiesLarge genome-wide association studiesNovel genesMulti-omics dataMulti-omics informationAssociation studiesGenome-wide significant lociSmall genome-wide association studyBrain-related traitsGWAS sample sizesEarly genome-wide association studiesNovel gene discoveryGene discoverySignificant lociAdditional genesPositional mappingHeritable traitVariant discoverySimilar traitsGenesNovel variant discoveryTraitsDisease biologyLociDiscovery