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Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

Nature Genetics · 2018 · Vol. 50(8) · pp. 1112–1121

James J. Lee(University of Minnesota)Robbee Wedow(University of Colorado Boulder)Aysu Okbay✉(Cognitive Research (United States))Edward Kong(Harvard University)Omeed Maghzian(Harvard University)Meghan Zacher(Harvard University)Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet(University of Southern California)Peter N. Bowers(Harvard University)Julia Sidorenko(The University of Queensland)Richard Karlsson Linnér(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Mark Alan Fontana(University of Southern California)Tushar Kundu(University of Southern California)Chan Wook Lee(Harvard University)Hui Li(Harvard University)Ruoxi Li(University of Southern California)Rebecca Royer(University of Southern California)Pascal Timshel(Statens Serum Institut)Raymond K. Walters(Broad Institute)Emily A. Willoughby(University of Minnesota)Loïc Yengo(The University of Queensland)Maris Alver(University of Tartu)Yanchun Bao(University of Essex)David W. Clark(University of Edinburgh)Felix R. Day(University of Cambridge)Nicholas A. Furlotte(23andMe (United States))Peter K. Joshi(University Hospital of Lausanne)Kathryn E. Kemper(The University of Queensland)Aaron Kleinman(23andMe (United States))Claudia Langenberg(University of Cambridge)Reedik Mägi(University of Tartu)Joey W. Trampush(University of Southern California)Shefali Setia-Verma(Geisinger Health System)Yang Wu(The University of Queensland)Max Lam(Institute of Mental Health)Jing Hua Zhao(University of Cambridge)Zhili Zheng(The University of Queensland)Jason D. Boardman(University of Colorado Boulder)Harry Campbell(University of Edinburgh)Jeremy Freese(Stanford University)Kathleen Mullan Harris(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Caroline Hayward(Institute of Genetics and Cancer)Pamela Herd(University of Essex)Meena Kumari(University of Essex)Todd Lencz(Feinstein Institute for Medical Research)Jian’an Luan(University of Cambridge)Anil K. Malhotra(Feinstein Institute for Medical Research)Andres Metspalu(University of Tartu)Lili Milani(University of Tartu)Ken K. Ong(University of Cambridge)John R. B. Perry(University of Cambridge)David J. Porteous(University of Edinburgh)Marylyn D. Ritchie(Geisinger Health System)Melissa Smart(University of Edinburgh)Blair H. Smith(University of Dundee)Joyce Y. Tung(23andMe (United States))Nicholas J. Wareham(University of Cambridge)James F. Wilson(Institute of Genetics and Cancer)Jonathan Beauchamp(University of Toronto)Dalton Conley(Princeton University)Tōnu Esko(University of Tartu)Steven F. Lehrer(National Bureau of Economic Research)Patrik K. E. Magnusson(Karolinska Institutet)Sven Oskarsson(Uppsala University)Tune H. Pers(Statens Serum Institut)Matthew R. Robinson(The University of Queensland)Kevin Thom(New York University)Chelsea Watson(University of Southern California)Christopher F. Chabris(Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute)Michelle N. Meyer(Geisinger Health System)David Laibson(Harvard University)Jian Yang(The University of Queensland)Magnus Johannesson(Stockholm School of Economics)Philipp Koellinger(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Patrick Turley(Broad Institute)Peter M. Visscher(Queensland University of Technology)Daniel J. Benjamin(University of Southern California)David Cesarini(National Bureau of Economic Research)

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Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsGenome-wide association studyBiologySingle-nucleotide polymorphismEducational attainmentMultifactorial InheritanceHeritabilityGenetic associationGeneticsSNPGene

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overEducational StatusFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypeCohort StudiesMultifactorial InheritancePolymorphism, Single NucleotideGenome-Wide Association Study