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Genetic link between family socioeconomic status and children’s educational achievement estimated from genome-wide SNPs by Krapohl, E, Plomin, R

“…One of the best predictors of children’s educational achievement is their family’s socioeconomic status (SES), but the degree to which this association is…”
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Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings by Plomin, R, Deary, I J

“…Intelligence is a core construct in differential psychology and behavioural genetics, and should be so in cognitive neuroscience. It is one of the best…”
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The FTO gene and measured food intake in children by Wardle, J, Llewellyn, C, Sanderson, S, Plomin, R

“…Objective: Polymorphisms in the obesity-associated gene, FTO , have been linked with sensitivity to satiety in children, indicating FTO may be influencing one…”
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Multi-polygenic score approach to trait prediction by Krapohl, E, Patel, H, Newhouse, S, Curtis, C J, von Stumm, S, Dale, P S, Zabaneh, D, Breen, G, O'Reilly, P F, Plomin, R

“…A primary goal of polygenic scores, which aggregate the effects of thousands of trait-associated DNA variants discovered in genome-wide association studies…”
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Genomic prediction of cognitive traits in childhood and adolescence by Allegrini, A. G., Selzam, S., Rimfeld, K., von Stumm, S., Pingault, J. B., Plomin, R.

“…Recent advances in genomics are producing powerful DNA predictors of complex traits, especially cognitive abilities. Here, we leveraged summary statistics from…”
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Heritable influences on behavioural problems from early childhood to mid-adolescence: evidence for genetic stability and innovation by Lewis, G J, Plomin, R

“…Although behavioural problems (e.g., anxiety, conduct, hyperactivity, peer problems) are known to be heritable both in early childhood and in adolescence,…”
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Predicting educational achievement from DNA by Selzam, S, Krapohl, E, von Stumm, S, O'Reilly, P F, Rimfeld, K, Kovas, Y, Dale, P S, Lee, J J, Plomin, R

“…A genome-wide polygenic score (GPS), derived from a 2013 genome-wide association study ( N =127,000), explained 2% of the variance in total years of education…”
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The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood by Haworth, C M A, Wright, M J, Luciano, M, Martin, N G, de Geus, E J C, van Beijsterveldt, C E M, Bartels, M, Posthuma, D, Boomsma, D I, Davis, O S P, Kovas, Y, Corley, R P, DeFries, J C, Hewitt, J K, Olson, R K, Rhea, S-A, Wadsworth, S J, Iacono, W G, McGue, M, Thompson, L A, Hart, S A, Petrill, S A, Lubinski, D, Plomin, R

“…Although common sense suggests that environmental influences increasingly account for individual differences in behavior as experiences accumulate during the…”
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Methylomic analysis of monozygotic twins discordant for autism spectrum disorder and related behavioural traits by Wong, C C Y, Meaburn, E L, Ronald, A, Price, T S, Jeffries, A R, Schalkwyk, L C, Plomin, R, Mill, J

“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) defines a group of common, complex neurodevelopmental disorders. Although the aetiology of ASD has a strong genetic component,…”
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Phenome-wide analysis of genome-wide polygenic scores by Krapohl, E, Euesden, J, Zabaneh, D, Pingault, J-B, Rimfeld, K, von Stumm, S, Dale, P S, Breen, G, O'Reilly, P F, Plomin, R

“…Genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS), which aggregate the effects of thousands of DNA variants from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), have the potential to…”
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Finding the missing heritability in pediatric obesity: the contribution of genome-wide complex trait analysis by Llewellyn, C H, Trzaskowski, M, Plomin, R, Wardle, J

“…Known single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) explain <2% of the variation in body mass index (BMI) despite the evidence of >50% heritability from twin and…”
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Widespread covariation of early environmental exposures and trait-associated polygenic variation by Krapohl, E., Hannigan, L. J., Pingault, J.-B., Patel, H., Kadeva, N., Curtis, C., Breen, G., Newhouse, S. J., Eley, T. C., O’Reilly, P. F., Plomin, R.

“…Although gene–environment correlation is recognized and investigated by family studies and recently by SNP-heritability studies, the possibility that genetic…”
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DNA evidence for strong genetic stability and increasing heritability of intelligence from age 7 to 12 by Trzaskowski, M, Yang, J, Visscher, P M, Plomin, R

“…Two genetic findings from twin research have far-reaching implications for understanding individual differences in the development of brain function as indexed…”
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A genome-wide association study for extremely high intelligence by Zabaneh, D, Krapohl, E, Gaspar, H A, Curtis, C, Lee, S H, Patel, H, Newhouse, S, Wu, H M, Simpson, M A, Putallaz, M, Lubinski, D, Plomin, R, Breen, G

“…We used a case–control genome-wide association (GWA) design with cases consisting of 1238 individuals from the top 0.0003 (~170 mean IQ) of the population…”
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Developmental associations between traits of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a genetically informative, longitudinal twin study by Taylor, M J, Charman, T, Robinson, E B, Plomin, R, Happé, F, Asherson, P, Ronald, A

“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and associated subclinical traits, regularly co-occur with one another…”
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Childhood intelligence is heritable, highly polygenic and associated with FNBP1L by Benyamin, B, Pourcain, BSt, Davis, O S, Davies, G, Hansell, N K, Brion, M-JA, Kirkpatrick, R M, Cents, R A M, Franić, S, Miller, M B, Haworth, C M A, Meaburn, E, Price, T S, Evans, D M, Timpson, N, Kemp, J, Ring, S, McArdle, W, Medland, S E, Yang, J, Harris, S E, Liewald, D C, Scheet, P, Xiao, X, Hudziak, J J, de Geus, E J C, Jaddoe, V W V, Starr, J M, Verhulst, F C, Pennell, C, Tiemeier, H, Iacono, W G, Palmer, L J, Montgomery, G W, Martin, N G, Boomsma, D I, Posthuma, D, McGue, M, Wright, M J, Davey Smith, G, Deary, I J, Plomin, R, Visscher, P M

“…Intelligence in childhood, as measured by psychometric cognitive tests, is a strong predictor of many important life outcomes, including educational…”
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From modeling to measurement: Developmental trends in genetic influence on adiposity in childhood by Llewellyn, C.H., Trzaskowski, M., Plomin, R., Wardle, J.

“…Objective Evidence of increasing heritability of BMI over childhood can seem paradoxical given longer exposure to environmental influences. Genomic data were…”
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Weak associations between pubertal development and psychiatric and behavioral problems by Smith-Woolley, E, Rimfeld, K, Plomin, R

“…Pubertal development has been associated with adverse outcomes throughout adolescence and adulthood. However, much of the previous literature has categorized…”
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Higher aggression is related to poorer academic performance in compulsory education by Vuoksimaa, Eero, Rose, Richard J., Pulkkinen, Lea, Palviainen, Teemu, Rimfeld, Kaili, Lundström, Sebastian, Bartels, Meike, Beijsterveldt, Catharina, Hendriks, Anne, Zeeuw, Eveline L., Plomin, Robert, Lichtenstein, Paul, Boomsma, Dorret I., Kaprio, Jaakko

“…Background To conduct a comprehensive assessment of the association between aggression and academic performance in compulsory education. Method We studied…”
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Genetic influence on appetite in children by Carnell, S, Haworth, C.M.A, Plomin, R, Wardle, J

“…Background: The modern environment is ubiquitously 'obesogenic', yet people vary enormously in weight. One factor contributing to weight variation could be…”
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