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Genome-Wide Association Study of Male Sexual Orientation.
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14 authors at 18 institutions in 3 countries.
Alan R SandersDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States of America. alan.sanders.md@gmail.com.
Gary W BeechamDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 33136, United States of America.
Shengru GuoDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 33136, United States of America.
Khytam DawoodDepartment of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, United States of America.
Gerulf RiegerDepartment of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, England, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom.
Judith A BadnerDepartment of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States of America.
Elliot S GershonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States of America.
Ritesha S KrishnappaDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Elmhurst, New York, 11373, United States of America.
Alana B KolundzijaDepartment of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, United States of America.
Jubao DuanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States of America.
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Pablo V GejmanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States of America.
J Michael BaileyDepartment of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States of America.
Eden R MartinDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 33136, United States of America.
University of Miami · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USNorthShore University HealthSystem · USUniversity of Chicago · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · USWashington University in St. Louis · USColumbia University · USDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsEmory University · USLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USNorthwestern University · USPark Centre for Mental Health · AUPennsylvania State University · USRush University Medical Center · USStanford University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Essex · GBUniversity of Iowa · US
Funding
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH059571 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GEJMAN, PABLO V. · 1999 to 2007
$8.0MA Genome-Wide Association Study of SchizophreniaU01MH079469 · NIMH · NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM · PI GEJMAN, PABLO V. · 2007 to 2009
$4.4MMolecular Genetic Study of Sexual OrientationR01HD041563 · NICHD · NORTHSHORE UNIV HEALTHSYSTEM RES INST · PI SANDERS, ALAN R · 2003 to 2007
$3.7MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH060879 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CLONINGER, C. ROBERT · 1999 to 2006
$2.7MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH059586 · NIMH · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI SILVERMAN, JEREMY M. · 1999 to 2006
$1.9MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH061675 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEVINSON, DOUGLAS FREDERICK · 1999 to 2007
$1.8MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH059587 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI AMIN, FAROOQ · 1999 to 2006
$1.8MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH059565 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FREEDMAN, ROBERT · 1999 to 2006
$1.7MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH059588 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND · PI MOWRY, BRYAN JOHN · 1999 to 2006
$1.4MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH060870 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE · PI BYERLEY, WILLIAM · 1999 to 2006
$1.3MGenome-wide Association Study of SchizophreniaU01MH079470 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LEVINSON, DOUGLAS FREDERICK · 2007 to 2009
$1.1MMOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIAR01MH059566 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BLACK, DONALD W. · 1999 to 2006
$925kNICHD NIH HHS R01 HD041563NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD080410NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059565NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059566NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059571NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059586NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059587NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059588NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060870NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060879NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH061675NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH067257NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH081800NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH046276NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH079469NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH079470
Abstract
Family and twin studies suggest that genes play a role in male sexual orientation. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of male sexual orientation on a primarily European ancestry sample of 1,077 homosexual men and 1,231 heterosexual men using Affymetrix single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays. We identified several SNPs with p < 10
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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideChromosomes, Human, Pair 13Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14FemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsReceptors, ThyrotropinX Chromosome InactivationMembrane ProteinsReceptors, ThyrotropinSlitrk6 protein, human
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