Nicholas G. Martin

Augmented GWAS of Dizygotic Twinning in a New Sample of Mothers of DZ Twins From Australia and New Zealand Highlights CLYBL as a New Gene Influencing DZT

Abstract Dizygotic twinning (DZT) is an important marker of female fertility. The Twinning Genetics Consortium (TGC) recently reported the largest genomewide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of DZT, identifying six genomewide significant loci and a seventh supported by functiona...

Can Depression Polygenic Risk Score Predict Postinfective Fatigue Syndrome (PIFS) in the Dubbo Infection Outcomes Study (DIOS)?

Abstract Prospective cohorts show that a postinfective fatigue syndrome (PIFS) meeting criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) develops in roughly 1 in 10 people after diverse acute infections, independent of the triggering pathogen. Whether constitutional liability to affect...

Robust inference and correlates from genetic associations with personality

Personality traits describe stable differences in how people think, feel and behave, and how they interact with and experience their social and physical environments1,2. Many questions remain unanswered about associations between DNA and personality traits, such as their robustne...