Genome-wide analysis identifies molecular systems and 149 genetic loci associated with income

Nature Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Hill, W David ^a   Davies, Neil M ^b,c   Ritchie, Stuart J ^d   Skene, Nathan G ^e,f,g   Bryois, Julien ^e   Bell, Steven ^h,i   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^h,i,j   Roberts, David J ^j,k,l   Xueyi, Shen ^a   Davies, Gail ^a   Liewald, David C M ^a   Porteous, David J ^a   Hayward, Caroline ^m   Butterworth, Adam S ^h,i   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a,n   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^k University of Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CORRELATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; AGED; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85076619342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13585-5     Document Type: Article

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