Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel; Y. Tung, Joyce; Eriksson, Nicholas; Albrecht, Eva; Alıev, Fazil; A. Andreassen, Ole; Barroso, Inês; Beckmann, J.; P. Boks, Marco; I. Boomsma, Dorret; A. Boyd, Heather; M.B. Breteler, Monique; Campbell, Harry; I. Chasman, Daniel; Cherkas, Lynn; Davies, Gail; J. C. de Geus, Eco; J. Deary, Ian; Deloukas, Panos; M. Dick, Danielle; L. Duffy, David; G. Eriksson, Johan; Esko, Tõnu; Feenstra, Bjarke; Geller, Frank; Gieger, Christian; Giegling, Ina; D. Gordon, Scott; Han, Jiali; Folkmann Hansen, Thomas; M. Hartmann, Annette; Hayward, Caroline; Heikkilä, Kauko; A. Hicks, Andrew; N. Hirschhorn, Joel; Hottenga, Jouke‐Jan; E. Huffman, Jennifer; Hwang, Liang‐Dar; Arfan Ikram, M.; Kaprio, Jaakko; P. Kemp, John; Khaw, Kay‐Tee; Klopp, Norman; Konte, Bettina; Kutalik, Zoltán; Lahti, Jari; Li, Xin; J. F. Loos, Ruth; Luciano, Michelle; H. Magnússon, Sigurður; Mangino, Massimo; Marques‐Vidal, Pedro; G. Martin, Nicholas; L. McArdle, Wendy; I. McCarthy, Mark; Medina‐Gómez, Carolina; Melbye, Mads; A. Melville, Scott; Metspalu, Andres; Milani, Lili; Mooser, Vincent; Nelis, Mari; R. Nyholt, Dale; S. O’Connell, Kevin; A. Ophoff, Roel; D. Palmer, Cameron; Palotie, Aarno; Palviainen, Teemu; Paré, Guillaume; Paternoster, Lavinia; Peltonen, Leena; W.J.H. Penninx, Brenda; Polašek, Ozren; P. Pramstaller, Peter; Prokopenko, Inga; Räikkönen, Katri; Ripatti, Samuli; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Rudan, Igor; Rujescu, Dan; H. Smit, Johannes; Davey Smith, George; W. Smoller, Jordan; Soranzo, Nicole; D. Spector, Tim; St Pourcain, Beaté; M. Starr, John; Stefánsson, Hreinn; Steinberg, Stacy; Teder‐Laving, Maris; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Stefánsson, Kāri; J. Timpson, Nicholas; G. Uitterlinden, André; M. van Duijn, Cornelia; J.A. van Rooij, Frank; M. Vink, Jaqueline; Vollenweider, Péter; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Waeber, Gérard; J. Wareham, Nicholas; M. Warrington, Nicole; Waterworth, Dawn; Werge, Thomas; Wichmann, H.‐Erich; Widén, Elisabeth; Willemsen, Gonneke; F. Wright, Alan; J. Wright, Margaret; Xu, Mousheng; Hua Zhao, Jing; Kraft, Peter; A. Hinds, David; M. Lindgren, Cecilia; Mägi, Reedik; M. Neale, Benjamin; M. Evans, David; E. Medland, Sarah

doi:10.1038/s41562-020-00956-y

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Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

Published in Nature Human Behaviour • Sep 28, 2020

Authors:

Gabriel Cuéllar-Partida

Joyce Y. Tung

Nicholas Eriksson

Abstract

Handedness has been extensively studied because of its relationship with language and the over-representation of left-handers in some neurodevelopmental disorders. Using data from the UK Biobank, 23andMe and the International Handedness Consortium, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysi...

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Genome-wide association study

Genetics

Biology

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