Genome-wide discovery of InDels and validation of PCR-Based InDel markers for earliness in a RIL population and genotypes of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). by K M Shivaprasad, Muraleedhar Aski, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Subodh Kumar Sinha, Soma Gupta, Dwijesh C Mishra, Amit Kumar Singh, Akanksha Singh, Kuldeep Tripathi, Ranjeet Ranjan Kumar, Atul Kumar, Shiv Kumar, Harsh K Dikshit

“…The systematic identification of insertion/deletion (InDel) length polymorphisms from the entire lentil genome can be used to map the quantitative trait loci (QTL) and also for the marker-assisted selection (MAS) for various linked traits. …”
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Causal relationship between mental disorders and hypercholesterolemia： a Mendelian randomization analysis by Zou Qian, Tang Ni, Liu Huanhui, Zhang Hanjing, Ma Xiaojie

“…Single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs） strongly associated with mental disorders were chosen as instrumental variables， and hypercholesterolemia was used as outcome variable. …”
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The impact of synapsin III gene on the neurometabolite level alterations after single-dose methylphenidate in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder patients by Başay, Kabukçu Başay B, Alacam H, Öztürk, Büber A, Yilmaz SG, Kıroğlu Y, Erdal ME, Herken H

“…Both rs133945G>A and rs133946C>G polymorphisms were found to statistically significantly affect the alteration of NAA levels in response to Mph in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with two-way repeated measure of analysis of variance. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of the indigenous goat population in Tunisia's northwest by I. BenSouf, I. Dhib, S. Bejaoui, H. Ouled Ahmed, H. Khemiri, N. M'Hamdi

“…Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that genetic differences within the population explained 92.4 % of the variation. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of cowpea mutant collection using SSR and ISSR molecular markers by Sara Diallo, François Abaye Badiane, Badji-N’Poneh Ange Kabkia, Issa Diédhiou, Made Diouf, Diaga Diouf

“…Genetic variation, as assessed by analysis of molecular variance, mostly indicates higher genetic diversity within the population than among populations. …”
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Noise and the risk of tinnitus: A two‐sample Mendelian randomized study by He‐Sen Huang, Kai‐Qin Chen, Wen‐Kao Zhou, Bin Zhang, Jing Gao, Fei Xie, Yu Du

“…Methods We extracted single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with noise and tinnitus from a large genome‐wide association study (GWAS) of European individuals. …”
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Association of metformin with risk of digestive tract cancers from a drug target mendelian randomization and cell experiments by Yifei Wang, Xirong Cao, Jie Ren, Rui Chen, Xing Zhang, Chang Liu, Yifan Jia, Ting Lin

“…The inverse variance-weighted method (IVW) was the most important method. …”
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Exploring the association between systemic lupus erythematosus and osteonecrosis by Mendelian randomization analysis by Baochuang Qi, Jinglin Zhao, Chen Meng, Pengfei Bu, Lu Qiao Pu, Wanqiu Zhao, Chuan Li, Yongqing Xu

“…In this study, a total of 45 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS) data associated with SLE from publicly available genome-wide association study (GIS) datasets were selected for magnetic resonance estimation using inverse-variance weighting, MR-Eagle method and weighted median method. …”
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Causal associations between 17 common autoimmune diseases and aortic diseases: a Mendelian randomization study by Dongliang Chen, Shengchen Liu, Jian Li, Yueyun Zhou, Tong Jing, Aizeretiaili Maimaiti, Fuhua Huang

“…The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) approach was primarily employed to estimate causal links between autoimmune and aortic diseases. …”
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Causal relationship between blood lipids and diabetic kidney disease：a Mendelian randomization study by Wang Hao-hao, Liu Hao-fei, Miao Shao-bo, Jia Run-ke, Ma Ji-wei

“…Steiger test was used to test directionality， and leave-one-out analysis was used to determine whether there was potential single nucleotide polymorphism.ResultsThe IVW method was used as the main analysis method. …”
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Improvement in genomic prediction of maize with prior gene ontology information depends on traits and environmental conditions by Baber Ali, Tristan Mary‐Huard, Alain Charcosset, Laurence Moreau, Renaud Rincent

“…It allows likely causal markers to account for a certain portion of genetic variance independently from the remaining markers. …”
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Discovering leaf and stripe rust resistance in soft red winter wheat through genome‐wide association studies by John W. Bagwell, Mohamed Mergoum, Madhav Subedi, Suraj Sapkota, Bikash Ghimire, Benjamin Lopez, James W. Buck, Bochra A. Bahri

“…Nine major QTL included QLrYr‐2A.1 linked to single‐nucleotide polymorphism S2A_20855466, which had the highest overall PV (30.8%) for response to both rust pathogens in the field. …”
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Assessing genetic causal relationship between milk fat content and chronic kidney disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Ran Jin, Ying Han, Jia-yue Sun, Yun-yang Qiao, Jia-ling Ji, E. Wang, Ai-qing Zhang

“…Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) significantly associated with milk fat content were identified following rigorous quality control procedures. …”
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Assessing the causality between pulmonary arterial hypertension and cancer: insights from Mendelian randomization by Yang Fu, Xinwang Duan, Wei Zhou

“…Inverse-variance weighted (IVW) was used as the primary method for MR analysis, with sensitivity analyses including tests for heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy. …”
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Association between hypothyroidism and nephrotic syndrome: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Can Liu, Jiaxuan Shen, Zhaoran Ding, Shuwen Duan, Enlai Dai

“…Background There is a close clinical association between hypothyroidism and nephrotic syndrome (NS) was close, but whether there is genetic causality between the two is not known.Objective Using pooled data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS), the association between hypothyroidism and NS was explored via Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.Methods Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with hypothyroidism (or NS) were screened as genetic instrumental variables (IVs) from pooled GWAS data, and inverse-variance weighting (IVW) was used for the main analysis to estimate causal effects, with MR-Egger, weighted median, and weighted mode used as complementary methods. …”
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Exploring the role of EBV ZEBRA antibody levels in papillary thyroid cancer risk and drug resistance by Jiaqin Deng, Yeqian Lai, Ming Yu, Yihua Gu, Lihong Qiu, Yuedong Wang

“…For instrumental variable selection, we identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) strongly associated with EBV ZEBRA antibody levels (exposure traits) using a discovery GWAS of 8191 White British individuals. …”
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The causal relationships between gut microbiota and venous thromboembolism: a Mendelian randomization study by Pin Huang, Ying Xiao, Ye He

“…Firstly, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) locus-wide significantly (P < 1.0 × 10− 5) related with gut microbiome abundance were extracted from large genome-wide analysis (GWAS) meta-analysis summary data. …”
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Correlation of air pollution and risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a Mendelian randomization study by Xiaoli Luo, Wenqi Zuo, Quanwei Ren, Linlin Wang, Di Wu, Yilin Xiang, Shixun Zhong

“…The primary method used for MR analysis was the Inverse Variance Weighted (IVW) method, supplemented by various MR analyses method, including weighted median, simple mode, weighted mode, and MR-Egger, to ensure robustness. …”
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Causal Relationship Between Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolites and Intervertebral Disc Disease: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Jiheng Xiao, Tianyi Xia, Xianglong Zhou, Xin Xing, Yanbin Zhu, Yingze Zhang, Liming Xiong

“…MR analysis employed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) closely associated with disease as instrumental variables (IVs). …”
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Systemic lupus erythematosus and epilepsy: A Mendelian randomization study by Yang Hu, Duo Lin, Dongmei Wu, Yuqing Zhang, Gongbo Li

“…Methods Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) linked to SLE were utilized as instrumental variables in MR analysis to assess their causal impact on epilepsy. …”
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