Jonas Bačelis

The paper introduces a haplotype-based method to estimate maternal and fetal genetic contributions to pregnancy outcomes, finding that gestational duration is mainly influenced by maternal haplotypes while fetal size is influenced by both maternal and paternal haplotypes.

This study identifies genetic loci associated with gestational duration and preterm delivery, showing maternal and fetal genetic effects and antagonistic pleiotropy with birth weight.

This study uses Mendelian Randomization to show that higher maternal CRP levels causally reduce gestational duration and birth weight, with some effect mediated through gestational age.

This study identifies 46 BMI loci in children aged 0-8 years, revealing age-specific effects and pathways linked to Mendelian obesity.

The paper optimizes run of homozygosity (ROH) calling in parent-offspring trios to study the effect of autozygosity on delivery timing, finding three maternal loci associated with reduced time-to-spontaneous delivery.

The paper uses haplotype genetic scores in mother/infant pairs to show maternal and fetal genetic effects influence gestational duration, birth outcomes, and adult phenotypes.

This study identifies five BMI-associated loci across 12 time points in children, highlighting transient effects of common genetic variation in the leptin signaling pathway during infancy.

This study identifies genetic effects on birth weight and their impact on cardio-metabolic traits, distinguishing fetal and maternal contributions.

This study identifies genetic variants associated with sporadic and recurrent miscarriage through large-scale association analyses and Mendelian randomization.

This study identifies a fetal genome-wide association signal near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 linked to gestational duration and preterm/postterm birth.