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Dr Brian McEvoy
Telephone:	+61 7 3362 0264
Facsimile:	+61 7 3362 0101
Email:	brianMc@qimrberghofer.edu.au

Please contact Dr Brian McEvoy for more information and a complete list of publications.

Publications

2012

Wray NR, Pergadia ML, Blackwood DH, Penninx BW, Gordon SD, Nyholt DR, Ripke S, MacIntyre DJ, McGhee KA, Maclean AW, Smit JH, Hottenga JJ, Willemsen G, Middeldorp CM, de Geus EJ, Lewis CM, McGuffin P, Hickie IB, van den Oord EJ, Liu JZ, Macgregor S, McEvoy BP, Byrne EM, Medland SE, Statham DJ, Henders AK, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Boomsma DI, Madden PA, Sullivan PF: Genome-wide association study of major depressive disorder: new results, meta-analysis, and lessons learned. Molecular Psychiatry 17:36-48, 2012 [PDF] [OSI] [PubMed] [More...]

McQuillan R, Eklund N, Pirastu N, Kuningas M, McEvoy BP, Esko T, Corre T, Davies G, Kaakinen M, Lyytikäinen LP, Kristiansson K, Havulinna AS, Gögele M, Vitart V, Tenesa A, Aulchenko Y, Hayward C, Johansson A, Boban M, Ulivi S, Robino A, Boraska V, Igl W, Wild SH, Zgaga L, Amin N, Theodoratou E, Polašek O, Girotto G, Lopez LM, Sala C, Lahti J, Laatikainen T, Prokopenko I, Kals M, Viikari J, Yang J, Pouta A, Estrada K, Hofman A, Freimer N, Martin NG, Kähönen M, Milani L, Heliövaara M, Vartiainen E, Räikkönen K, Masciullo C, Starr JM, Hicks AA, Esposito L, Kolčić I, Farrington SM, Oostra B, Zemunik T, Campbell H, Kirin M, Pehlic M, Faletra F, Porteous D, Pistis G, Widén E, Salomaa V, Koskinen S, Fischer K, Lehtimäki T, Heath A, McCarthy MI, Rivadeneira F, Montgomery GW, Tiemeier H, Hartikainen AL, Madden PA, d'Adamo P, Hastie ND, Gyllensten U, Wright AF, van Duijn CM, Dunlop M, Rudan I, Gasparini P, Pramstaller PP, Deary IJ, Toniolo D, Eriksson JG, Jula A, Raitakari OT, Metspalu A, Perola M, Järvelin MR, Uitterlinden A, Visscher PM, Wilson JF, ROHgen Consortium: Evidence of Inbreeding Depression on Human Height. PLoS Genetics 8(7):e1002655, 2012 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]

2011

Heath AC, Whitfield JB, Martin NG, Pergadia ML, Goate AM, Lind PA, McEvoy BP, Schrage AJ, Grant JD, Chou YL, Zhu R, Henders AK, Medland SE, Gordon SD, Nelson EC, Agrawal A, Nyholt DR, Bucholz KK, Madden PA, Montgomery GW: A Quantitative-Trait Genome-Wide Association Study of Alcoholism Risk in the Community: Findings and Implications. Biological Psychiatry 70:513-518, 2011 [PDF] [OSI] [PubMed] [More...]

McEvoy BP, Powell JE, Goddard ME, Visscher PM: Human population dispersal "Out of Africa" estimated from linkage disequilibrium and allele frequencies of SNPs. Genome Research 21:821-829, 2011 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]

2010

	McEvoy BP, Zhao ZZ, Macgregor S, Bellis C, Lea RA, Cox H, Montgomery GW, Griffiths LR, Visscher PM: European and Polynesian admixture in the Norfolk Island population. Heredity 105:229-234, 2010 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Ferreira MA, Mangino M, Brumme CJ, Zhao ZZ, Medland SE, Wright MJ, Nyholt DR, Gordon S, Campbell M, McEvoy BP, Henders A, Evans DM, Lanchbury JS, Pereyra F, International HIV Controllers Study, Walker BD, Haas DW, Soranzo N, Spector TD, de Bakker PI, Frazer IH, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Quantitative Trait Loci for CD4:CD8 Lymphocyte Ratio Are Associated with Risk of Type 1 Diabetes and HIV-1 Immune Control. American Journal of Human Genetics 86:88-92, 2010 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Macgregor S, Hewitt AW, Hysi PG, Ruddle JB, Medland SE, Henders AK, Gordon SD, Andrew T, McEvoy B, Sanfilippo PG, Carbonaro F, Tah V, Li YJ, Bennett SL, Craig JE, Montgomery GW, Tran-Viet KN, Brown NL, Spector TD, Martin NG, Young TL, Hammond CJ, Mackey DA: Genome-wide association identifies ATOH7 as a major gene determining human optic disc size. Human Molecular Genetics 19(13):2716-2724, 2010 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Yang J, Benyamin B, McEvoy BP, Gordon S, Henders AK, Nyholt DR, Madden PA, Heath AC, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Goddard ME, Visscher PM: Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height. Nature Genetics 42(7):565-569, 2010 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	McEvoy BP, Lind JM, Wang ET, Moyzis RK, Visscher PM, van Holst Pellekaan SM, Wilton AN: Whole-Genome Genetic Diversity in a Sample of Australians with Deep Aboriginal Ancestry. American Journal of Human Genetics 87(2):297-305, 2010 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Verweij KJ, Zietsch BP, Medland SE, Gordon SD, Benyamin B, Nyholt DR, McEvoy BP, Sullivan PF, Heath AC, Madden PA, Henders AK, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Wray NR: A genome-wide association study of Cloninger's Temperament scales: Implications for the evolutionary genetics of personality. Biological Psychology 85:306-317, 2010 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Visscher PM, McEvoy B, Yang J: From Galton to GWAS: quantitative genetics of human height. Genetics research 92(5-6):371-379, 2010 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]

2009

	McEvoy BP, Montgomery GW, McRae AF, Ripatti S, Perola M, Spector TD, Cherkas L, Ahmadi KR, Boomsma D, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Pedersen NL, Magnusson PK, Kyvik KO, Christensen K, Kaprio J, Heikkilä K, Palotie A, Widen E, Muilu J, Syvänen AC, Liljedahl U, Hardiman O, Cronin S, Peltonen L, Martin NG, Visscher PM: Geographical structure and differential natural selection among North European populations. Genome Research 19:804-814, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Benyamin B, Ferreira MA, Willemsen G, Gordon S, Middelberg RP, McEvoy BP, Hottenga JJ, Henders AK, Campbell MJ, Wallace L, Frazer IH, Heath AC, de Geus EJ, Nyholt DR, Visscher PM, Penninx BW, Boomsma DI, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Whitfield JB: Common variants in TMPRSS6 are associated with iron status and erythrocyte volume. Nature Genetics 41:1173-1175, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	McEvoy BP, Visscher PM: Genetics of human height. Economics and human biology 7(3):294-306, 2009 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Medland SE, Nyholt DR, Painter JN, McEvoy BP, McRae AF, Zhu G, Gordon SD, Ferreira MA, Wright MJ, Henders AK, Campbell MJ, Duffy DL, Hansell NK, Macgregor S, Slutske WS, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans. American Journal of Human Genetics 85:750-755, 2009 [PDF] [OSI] [PubMed] [More...]