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Hung‐Hsin Chen, Yanwei Cai, Mariaelisa Graff…·Jennifer Elizabeth Below
The paper identifies ancestry-specific eQTL effects in Hispanic/Latino and African American populations, showing how local ancestry influences gene expression and disease risk.
Katherine A. Kentistou, Lena R Kaisinger, Stasa Stankovic…·Hakon H. Hakonarson
This study identifies genetic signals associated with age at menarche, highlights genes involved in pubertal development, and links reproductive timing to later life disease risk.
Lindsay Fernández‐Rhodes, Mariaelisa Graff, Victoria L. Buchanan…·Craig L. Hanis
This study identifies novel genetic loci for BMI, height, and WHRadjBMI in Hispanic/Latino populations and shows the benefits of ancestral diversity in GWAS.
Pierrick Wainschtein, Deepti Jain, Zhili Zheng…·Joshua C. Bis
The paper estimates heritability for height and BMI using whole-genome sequence data and finds that rare variants contribute significantly to the missing heritability.
Anne E. Justice, Geetha Chittoor, Rahul Gondalia…·Kari E. North
This study identifies DNA methylation sites associated with central adiposity traits in adults and adolescents using methylome-wide association analyses across multiple cohorts.