Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using genome-wide summary results data

Estimating direct and indirect effects of genotypes on phenotypes is important for genetic analyses such as Mendelian randomization. Here the authors compare five different methods to estimate direct and indirect genetic effects using summary results statistics that account for sample overlap.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicole M. Warrington, Liang-Dar Hwang, Michel G. Nivard, David M. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25723-z