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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 2012
de Moor M H M, Costa P T, Terracciano A, Krueger R F, de Geus E J C, Toshiko T, Penninx B W J H, Esko T, Madden P A F, Derringer J, Amin N, Willemsen G, Hottenga J-J, Distel M A, Uda M, Sanna S, Spinhoven P, Hartman C A, Sullivan P, Realo A, Allik J, Heath A C, Pergadia M L, Agrawal A, Lin P, Grucza R, Nutile T, Ciullo M, Rujescu D, Giegling I, Konte B, Widen E, Cousminer D L, Eriksson J G, Palotie A, Peltonen L, Luciano M, Tenesa A, Davies G, Lopez L M, Hansell N K, Medland S E, Ferrucci L, Schlessinger D, Montgomery G W, Wright M J, Aulchenko Y S, Janssens A C J W, Oostra B A, Metspalu A, Abecasis G R, Deary I J, Räikkönen K, Bierut L J, Martin N G, van Duijn C M, Boomsma D I
Abstract excerpt
Personality can be thought of as a set of characteristics that influence people's thoughts, feelings and behavior across a variety of settings. Variation in personality is predictive of many outcomes in life, including mental health. Here we report on a meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) data for personality in 10 discovery samples (17,375 adults) and five in silico replication samples (3294 adults)....
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