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Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index.

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in samples of European ancestry have identified thousands of genetic variants associated with complex traits in humans. However, it remains largely unclear whether these associations can be used in non-European populations. Here, we seek to quantify the proportion of genetic variation for a complex trait shared between continental populations. We estimated the between-population correlation of genetic effects at all SNPs ([Formula: see text]) or genome-wide significant SNPs ([Formula: see text]) for height and body mass index (BMI) in samples of European (EUR; [Formula: see text]) and African (AFR; [Formula: see text]) ancestry. The [Formula: see text] between EUR and AFR was 0.75 ([Formula: see text]) for height and 0.68 ([Formula: see text]) for BMI, and the corresponding [Formula: see text] was 0.82 ([Formula: see text]) for height and 0.87 ([Formula: see text]) for BMI, suggesting that a large proportion of GWAS findings discovered in Europeans are likely applicable to non-Europeans for height and BMI. There was no evidence that [Formula: see text] differs in SNP groups with different levels of between-population difference in allele frequency or linkage disequilibrium, which, however, can be due to the lack of power.

SUBMITTER: Guo J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933291 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index.

Guo Jing J Bakshi Andrew A Wang Ying Y Jiang Longda L Yengo Loic L Goddard Michael E ME Visscher Peter M PM Yang Jian J

Scientific reports 20210304 1

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in samples of European ancestry have identified thousands of genetic variants associated with complex traits in humans. However, it remains largely unclear whether these associations can be used in non-European populations. Here, we seek to quantify the proportion of genetic variation for a complex trait shared between continental populations. We estimated the between-population correlation of genetic effects at all SNPs ([Formula: see text]) or genome-wide ...[more]

PMID: 33664403

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Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index.

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Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index.

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