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Polygenic Traits

Polygenic Trait is a heritable characteristic influenced by the cumulative effects of multiple genes at different loci, each contributing incrementally to the phenotypic expression, thereby distinguishing it from traits controlled by a single gene.

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552

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Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics · 2002 · 6.3K citations

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LD Score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies

Brendan Bulik‐Sullivan, Po‐Ru Loh, Hilary K. Finucane et al. · Nature Genetics · 2015 · 6.3K citations · Full text

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Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Manuel A. R. Ferreira · Nature · 2009 · 5K citations · Full text

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Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

Jian Yang, Beben Benyamin, Brian P. McEvoy et al. · Nature Genetics · 2010 · 4.8K citations

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Genetics and analysis of quantitative traits

James M. Cheverud · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1999 · 3.9K citations

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    Peter M. Visscher

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    31 publications · 13K citations

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  2. RP
    Robert Plomin

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 2K citations

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  3. JY
    Jian Yang

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    23 publications · 17.5K citations

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  4. DI
    Dorret I. Boomsma

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    26 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. OA
    Ole A. Andreassen

    University of Oslo, Norway

    23 publications · 4.1K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    60 h-index

    442 publications

    135.7K citations

  2. Broad Institute

    Cambridge, United States

    58 h-index

    498 publications

    237.9K citations

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    45 h-index

    225 publications

    116.5K citations

  4. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    38 h-index

    266 publications

    30.3K citations

  5. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    38 h-index

    194 publications

    46.5K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    36 h-index

    167 publications

    22.2K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    109 publications

    47.1K citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    36 h-index

    191 publications

    52.3K citations

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  1. Genetics

    93 publications · 8.6K citations

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  2. Nature Genetics

    40 publications · 30.7K citations

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  3. The American Journal of Human Genetics

    AJHG · 41 publications · 7.1K citations

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  4. PLoS Genetics

    33 publications · 5.3K citations

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  5. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

    Repository · 66 publications · 2.5K citations

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