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The Beneficial Effects of Physical Activity: Is It Down to Your Genes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Twin and Family Studies by Zadro, J. R., Shirley, D., Andrade, T. B., Scurrah, K. J, Bauman, A., Ferreira, P. H.

“…Background There is evidence for considerable heterogeneity in the responsiveness to regular physical activity (PA) which might reflect the influence of…”
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Contemporary formulation and distribution practices for cold-filled acid products: Australian industry survey and modeling of published pathogen inactivation data by Chapman, B, Scurrah, K J, Ross, T

“…A survey of 12 Australian manufacturers indicated that mild-tasting acids and preservatives are used to partially replace acetic acid in cold-filled acid…”
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Inactivation of Bacillus spores in reconstituted skim milk by combined high pressure and heat treatment by Scurrah, K.J, Robertson, R.E, Craven, H.M, Pearce, L.E, Szabo, E.A

“…To determine the resistance of a variety of Bacillus species spores to a combined high pressure and heat treatment; and to determine the affect of varying…”
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Etiology of Hypomineralized Second Primary Molars: A Prospective Twin Study by Silva, M.J., Kilpatrick, N.M., Craig, J.M., Manton, D.J., Leong, P., Burgner, D., Scurrah, K.J.

“…The etiology of hypomineralized second primary molars (HSPM) is unclear, but genetic and environmental factors have been proposed. The aim of this study was to…”
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Survey for psychrotrophic bacterial pathogens in minimally processed lettuce by Szabo, E.A., Scurrah, K.J., Burrows, J.M.

“…A total of 120 minimally processed, cut and packaged lettuce samples were purchased from retail supermarkets or provided by a salad production facility over an…”
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DNA methylation in childhood dental caries and hypomineralization by MJ, Silva, N, Mohandas, JM, Craig, DJ, Manton, R, Saffery, MC, Southey, DP, Burgner, J, Lucas, NM, Kilpatrick, JL, Hopper, KJ, Scurrah, S, Li

“…Objectives: Epigenetic modulation of gene expression may be important in dental conditions, including dental caries and enamel hypomineralisation. The aims of…”
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A twin study of body mass index and dental caries in childhood by Silva, M. J., Kilpatrick, N. M., Craig, J. M., Manton, D. J., Leong, P., Ho, H., Saffery, R., Burgner, D. P., Scurrah, K. J.

“…Sub-optimal nutrition and dental caries are both common with significant short and long-term implications for child health and development. We applied twin…”
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Utilising surface-level data to explore surface, tooth, individual and family influence on the aetiology of hypomineralised second primary molars by Silva, M.J., Zheng, Y., Zaloumis, S., Burgner, D.P., Craig, J.M., Manton, D.J., Kilpatrick, N.M., Scurrah, K.J.

“…Hypomineralised second primary molars (HSPM) are common developmental enamel defects. The aims of this study were to use surface-level data to explore the…”
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Variance components analysis for pedigree-based censored survival data using generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) and Gibbs sampling in BUGS by Scurrah, Katrina J., Palmer, Lyle J., Burton, Paul R.

“…Complex human diseases are an increasingly important focus of genetic research. Many of the determinants of these diseases are unknown and there is often a…”
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The association of PTPN22 rs2476601 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis is specific to females by Chiaroni-Clarke, R C, Li, Y R, Munro, J E, Chavez, R A, Scurrah, K J, Pezic, A, Akikusa, J D, Allen, R C, Piper, S E, Becker, M L, Thompson, S D, Lie, B A, Flato, B, Forre, O, Punaro, M, Wise, C, Saffery, R, Finkel, T H, Hakonarson, H, Ponsonby, A-L, Ellis, J A

“…A preponderance of females develop autoimmune disease, including juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), yet the reason for this bias remains elusive. Evidence…”
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Association and Linkage for Age at Onset of a Common Oligogenic Disease Using Genetic Variance Component Models by Scurrah, Katrina J., Sheehan, Nuala A., Burton, Paul R.

“…The aims of our analysis were: (1) to investigate association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and other covariates with age at onset in the simulated…”
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Genome-wide linkage analysis of population variation in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol by HARRAP, Stephen B, WONG, Zilla Y. H, SCURRAH, Katrina J, LAMANTIA, Angela

“…Lower plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with the metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, obesity, hypertension) and…”
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Heritability and shared environment estimates for myopia and associated ocular biometric traits : the Genes in Myopia (GEM) family study by CHEN, Christine Yi-Chin, SCURRAH, Katrina Jacqueline, STANKOVICH, Jim, GAROUFALIS, Pam, DIRANI, Mohamed, PERTILE, Kelly Kathleen, RICHARDSON, Andrea Jane, MITCHELL, Paul, BAIRD, Paul Nigel

“…To examine the familial correlations, heritability (h(2)) and common environmental components (c(2)) of myopia and ocular biometric traits (all treated as…”
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Adjusting for treatment effects in studies of quantitative traits: antihypertensive therapy and systolic blood pressure by Tobin, Martin D., Sheehan, Nuala A., Scurrah, Katrina J., Burton, Paul R.

“…A population‐based study of a quantitative trait may be seriously compromised when the trait is subject to the effects of a treatment. For example, in a…”
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Baldness and the androgen receptor : the AR polyglycine repeat polymorphism does not confer susceptibility to androgenetic alopecia by ELLIS, Justine A, SCURRAH, Katrina J, COBB, Joanna E, ZAIOUMIS, Sophie G, DUNCAN, Anna E, HARRAP, Stephen B

“…Androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness, is a complex condition with a strong heritable component. In 2001, we published the first significant evidence…”
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Comprehensive multi-stage linkage analyses identify a locus for adult height on chromosome 3p in a healthy Caucasian population by Ellis, JA, Scurrah, K J, Duncan, A E, Lamantia, A, Byrnes, G B, Harrap, S B

“…There have been a number of genome-wide linkage studies for adult height in recent years. These studies have yielded few well-replicated loci, and none have…”
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Risk of Wrist Fracture in Women Is Heritable and Is Influenced by Genes That Are Largely Independent of Those Influencing BMD by Andrew, Toby, Antioniades, Leto, Scurrah, Katrina J, MacGregor, Alex J, Spector, Tim D

“…Using a classical twin design study, we estimated the genetic contribution to liability of wrist fracture in women to be statistically and clinically…”
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Can Twin Studies Be Used to Infer Causation? by JL Hopper, GB Byrnes, LC Gurrin, GS Dite, KJ Scurrah, E Seeman

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Interpreting Between- and Within-pair Regression Coefficients in Models for Twin Data by LC Gurrin, KJ Scurrah, JB Carlin, GB Byrnes, GS Dite, JL Hopper

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Survey for psychrotrophic bacterial pathogens in minimally processed lettuce by Szabo, E A, Scurrah, K J, Burrows, J M

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