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Gu Zhu

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-5691-1917Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 4 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1

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Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 6 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 6 Organism:human· 6 Approach:statistical model· 6

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Nicholas G. MartiniD· 5 shared Grant W. MontgomeryiD· 3 shared Manfred KayseriD· 3 shared Alex William HewittiD· 2 shared André Gerardus UitterlindeniD· 2 shared Andrew C. HeathiD· 2 shared D. Timothy BishopiD· 2 shared David Anthony MackeyiD· 2 shared

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMar 10, 2026

A large-scale genome-wide association meta-analysis for nevus count provides direct insights into the genetics of melanoma

G J M Shanika R Jayasinghe, Gu Zhu, Nirmala Pandeya…·Matthew H. Law

This study conducts a large-scale GWAS meta-analysis of nevus count, identifying 29 new loci and highlighting immune-related pathways relevant to melanoma risk.

3 citations

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GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedApr 2, 2020

Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration.

Joana A. Revez, Tian Lin, Zhen Qiao…·John Joseph McGrath

This study identifies 143 genetic loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration in Europeans, revealing biological pathways and causal relationships with health outcomes.

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GenomicseLifePeer-reviewedNov 25, 2019

Novel genetic loci affecting facial shape variation in humans

Ziyi Xiong, Gabriela Dankova, Laurence J Howe…·Manfred Kayser

This study identifies 24 genetic loci associated with facial shape variation in humans through GWAS and confirms 13 of them in a multi-ethnic cohort.

92 citations

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GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedDec 28, 2018

Trans-ethnic genome-wide association study provides insight into effector genes and molecular mechanisms for kidney function and highlights a causal effect on kidney-specific disease aetiologies

Andrew P. Morris, Thu H Le, Hao Wu…·Nora Franceschini

This study identifies 93 genetic loci associated with kidney function across four ancestry groups and highlights causal effects on kidney-related diseases.

146 citations

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GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedNov 8, 2018

Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

David L. Duffy, Gu Zhu, Xin Li…·Nicholas Orr

This paper identifies novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density, implicating multiple biological pathways and gene expression under MITF regulation.

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GeneticsBMC GenomicsPeer-reviewedSep 17, 2018

Bivariate genome-wide association analysis strengthens the role of bitter receptor clusters on chromosomes 7 and 12 in human bitter taste

Liang‐Dar Hwang, Puya Gharahkhani, Paul A. S. Breslin…·Margaret J. Wright

This study performs a bivariate GWAS to identify new common variants influencing bitter taste perception, finding small-effect SNPs on chromosomes 7 and 12.

30 citations

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