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Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eight papers during July 15-28, 2018.

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Heritability of Regional Brain Volumes in Large-Scale Neuroimaging and Genetic Studies.

Zhao B, Ibrahim JG, Li Y, Li T, Wang Y, Shan Y, Zhu Z, Zhou F, Zhang J, Huang C, Liao H, Yang L, Thompson PM, Zhu H.

Cereb Cortex. 2018 Jul 12. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy157. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30010813

STEPS: an efficient prospective likelihood approach to genetic association analyses of secondary traits in extreme phenotype sequencing.

Bi W, Li Y, Smeltzer MP, Gao G, Zhao S, Kang G.

Biostatistics. 2018 Jul 11. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxy030. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30007308

Integrated analysis of RNA and DNA from a phase III trial of trastuzumab-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy identifies response predictors in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Tanioka M, Fan C, Parker JSHoadley KA, Hu Z, Li Y, Hyslop TM, Pitcher BN, Soloway MG, Spears PA, Henry NL, Tolaney S, Dang CT, Krop I, Harris LN, Berry DA, Mardis ER, Winer EP, Hudis CA, Carey LA, Perou CM.

Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Jul 23. pii: clincanres.3431.2017. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3431. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30037817

VHL substrate transcription factor ZHX2 as an oncogenic driver in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Zhang J, Wu T, Simon J, Takada M, Saito R, Fan C, Liu XD, Jonasch E, Xie L, Chen X, Yao X, Teh BT, Tan P, Zheng X, Li M, Lawrence C, Fan J, Geng J, Liu X, Hu L, Wang J, Liao C, Hong K, Zurlo G, Parker JS, Auman JT, Perou CM, Rathmell WK, Kim WY, Kirschner MW, Kaelin WG Jr, Baldwin AS, Zhang Q.

Science. 2018 Jul 20;361(6399):290-295. doi: 10.1126/science.aap8411.

PMID: 30026228

Sequence and Structural Diversity of Mouse Y Chromosomes.

Morgan APPardo-Manuel de Villena F.

Mol Biol Evol. 2017 Dec 1;34(12):3186-3204. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx250.

PMID: 29029271

Exploration of large, rare copy number variants associated with psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in individuals with anorexia nervosa.

Yilmaz ZSzatkiewicz JPCrowley JJAncalade N, Brandys MK, van Elburg A, de Kovel CGF, Adan RAH, Hinney A, Hebebrand J, Gratacos M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Escaramis G, Gonzalez JR, Estivill X; Genetic Consortium for Anorexia Nervosa, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 3, Zeggini E, Sullivan PF, Bulik CM.

Psychiatr Genet. 2017 Aug;27(4):152-158. doi: 10.1097/YPG.0000000000000172.

PMID: 28368970

Schizophrenia and the dynamic genome.

Sullivan PF

Genome Med. 2017 Mar 2;9(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0416-2. Review. No abstract available.

PMID: 28253899

Calculation of an Adequate Intake (AI) Value and Safe Range of Selenium (Se) for Chinese Infants 0-3 Months Old Based on Se Concentration in the Milk of Lactating Chinese Women with Optimal Se Intake.

Han F, Liu L, Lu J, Chai Y, Zhang J, Wang S, Sun L, Wang Q, Liu Y, He M, Mu W, Huang Z.

Biol Trace Elem Res. 2018 Jul 16. doi: 10.1007/s12011-018-1440-9. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30014285