Web-based, participant-driven studies yield novel genetic associations for common traits.
Plos Genetics
Eriksson, Nicholas N; Macpherson, J Michael JM; Tung, Joyce Y JY; Hon, Lawrence S LS; Naughton, Brian B; Saxonov, Serge S; Avey, Linda L; Wojcicki, Anne A; Pe'er, Itsik I; Mountain, Joanna J
Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk.
Nature Genetics
Bishop, D Timothy DT; Demenais, Florence F; Iles, Mark M MM; Harland, Mark M; Taylor, John C JC; Corda, Eve E; Randerson-Moor, Juliette J; Aitken, Joanne F JF; Avril, Marie-Francoise MF; Azizi, Esther E; Bakker, Bert B; Bianchi-Scarrà, Giovanna G; Bressac-de Paillerets, Brigitte B; Calista, Donato D; Cannon-Albright, Lisa A LA; Chin-A-Woeng, Thomas T; Debniak, Tadeusz T; Galore-Haskel, Gilli G; Ghiorzo, Paola P; Gut, Ivo I; Hansson, Johan J; Hocevar, Marko M; Höiom, Veronica V; Hopper, John L JL; Ingvar, Christian C; Kanetsky, Peter A PA; Kefford, Richard F RF; Landi, Maria Teresa MT; Lang, Julie J; Lubiński, Jan J; Mackie, Rona R; Malvehy, Josep J; Mann, Graham J GJ; Martin, Nicholas G NG; Montgomery, Grant W GW; van Nieuwpoort, Frans A FA; Novakovic, Srdjan S; Olsson, Håkan H; Puig, Susana S; Weiss, Marjan M; van Workum, Wilbert W; Zelenika, Diana D; Brown, Kevin M KM; Goldstein, Alisa M AM; Gillanders, Elizabeth M EM; Boland, Anne A; Galan, Pilar P; Elder, David E DE; Gruis, Nelleke A NA; Hayward, Nicholas K NK; Lathrop, G Mark GM; Barrett, Jennifer H JH; Bishop, Julia A Newton JA
A genome-wide association study identifies novel alleles associated with hair color and skin pigmentation.
Plos Genetics
Han, Jiali J; Kraft, Peter P; Nan, Hongmei H; Guo, Qun Q; Chen, Constance C; Qureshi, Abrar A; Hankinson, Susan E SE; Hu, Frank B FB; Duffy, David L DL; Zhao, Zhen Zhen ZZ; Martin, Nicholas G NG; Montgomery, Grant W GW; Hayward, Nicholas K NK; Thomas, Gilles G; Hoover, Robert N RN; Chanock, Stephen S; Hunter, David J DJ