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ArticleDevelopment and psychopathology2023

Simulated nonlinear genetic and environmental dynamics of complex traits.

Michael D Hunter, Kevin L McKee, Eric Turkheimer

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Article in Development and psychopathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Detecting Non-linear Dependence through Genome Wide Analysis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael D HunterDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3651-6709
Kevin L McKeeCenter for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Eric TurkheimerDepartment of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Pennsylvania State University · USUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV): Using Data to Improve HealthUL1TR003015 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BROWN, DONALD E, JOHNSTON, KAREN C. · 2019 to 2023
$20.3M
Past, Present, and Future Risk of Cognitive Decline and Cognitive Impairment in the Louisville Twin StudyR01AG063949 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Christopher Ryan Beam, DEBORAH WINDERS DAVIS · 2019 to 2026
$7.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003015NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic studies of complex traits often show disparities in estimated heritability depending on the method used, whether by genomic associations or twin and family studies. We present a simulation of individual genomes with dynamic environmental conditions to consider how linear and nonlinear effects, gene-by-environment interactions, and gene-by-environment correlations may work together to govern the long-term development of complex traits and affect estimates of heritability from common methods. Our simulation studies demonstrate that the genetic effects estimated by genome wide association studies in unrelated individuals are inadequate to characterize gene-by-environment interaction, while including related individuals in genome-wide complex trait analysis (GCTA) allows gene-by-environment interactions to be recovered in the heritability. These theoretical findings provide an explanation for the "missing heritability" problem and bridge the conceptual gap between the most common findings of GCTA and twin studies. Future studies may use the simulation model to test hypotheses about phenotypic complexity either in an exploratory way or by replicating well-established observations of specific phenotypes.

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Multifactorial InheritanceQuantitative Trait, HeritableComputer SimulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansModels, GeneticPhenotypePolymorphism, Single Nucleotidebehavior geneticsdynamical systemsGWASheritabilitysimulation

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PMID35236532
PMCPMC9440154
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