2020
Characterizing the effect of background selection on the polygenicity of brain-related traits
Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Overstreet C, Tylee DS, Gelernter J, Atkinson EG, Polimanti R. Characterizing the effect of background selection on the polygenicity of brain-related traits. Genomics 2020, 113: 111-119. PMID: 33278486, PMCID: PMC7855394, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesBrain-related traitsGWAS of schizophreniaTrait-associated lociLocus effect sizesSubset of traitsGenotype networksGenetic architectureIntolerant regionsBrain-related phenotypesBackground selectionNatural selectionEvolutionary pressurePositive selectionSNP heritabilityLocal ancestryAssociation studiesTraitsFunctional significanceLociPolygenicityBinary annotationPhenotypeRisk allelesSize variance
2012
Linkage Analysis Followed by Association Show NRG1 Associated with Cannabis Dependence in African Americans
Han S, Yang BZ, Kranzler HR, Oslin D, Anton R, Farrer LA, Gelernter J. Linkage Analysis Followed by Association Show NRG1 Associated with Cannabis Dependence in African Americans. Biological Psychiatry 2012, 72: 637-644. PMID: 22520967, PMCID: PMC3699339, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.02.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSusceptibility genesLinkage peakGenome-wide linkage scanAssociation analysisGenome-wide association studiesStudy of AddictionStrong linkage evidenceChromosome 8p21.1AA sampleLinkage scanLocal ancestryAssociation studiesGenetic studiesLinkage analysisReplicated associationsLinkage evidenceGenetic variantsGenesNucleotide polymorphismsGenetic contributionGeneticsNRG1Environment samplesReplication study