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26912939
TITLE
Examining non-syndromic autosomal recessive intellectual disability (NS-ARID) genes for an enriched association with intelligence differences.
ABSTRACT
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Two themes are emerging regarding the molecular genetic aetiology of intelligence. The first is that intelligence is influenced by many variants and those that are tagged by common single nucleotide polymorphisms account for around 30% of the phenotypic variation. The second, in line with other polygenic traits such as height and schizophrenia, is that these variants are not randomly distributed across the genome but cluster in genes that work together. Less clear is whether the very low range of cognitive ability (intellectual disability) is simply one end of the normal distribution describing individual differences in cognitive ability across a population. Here, we examined 40 genes with a known association with non-syndromic autosomal recessive intellectual disability (NS-ARID) to determine if they are enriched for common variants associated with the normal range of intelligence differences. The current study used the 3511 individuals of the Cognitive Ageing Genetics in England and Scotland (CAGES) consortium. In addition, a text mining analysis was used to identify gene sets biologically related to the NS-ARID set. Gene-based tests indicated that genes implicated in NS-ARID were not significantly enriched for quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with intelligence. These findings suggest that genes in which mutations can have a large and deleterious effect on intelligence are not associated with variation across the range of intelligence differences.
DATE PUBLISHED
2016 Jan-Feb
HISTORY
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entrez 2016/02/26 06:00
pubmed 2016/02/26 06:00
medline 2016/02/26 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Hill WD Hill W D WD Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Davies G Davies G G Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Liewald DC Liewald D C DC Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Payton A Payton A A Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
McNeil CJ McNeil C J CJ Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Whalley LJ Whalley L J LJ Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Horan M Horan M M Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences, Institute Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Ollier W Ollier W W Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Starr JM Starr J M JM Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Pendleton N Pendleton N N Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Hansel NK Hansel N K NK QIMR, Berghofer Medical Research Institution, Brisbane, Australia.
Montgomery GW Montgomery G W GW QIMR, Berghofer Medical Research Institution, Brisbane, Australia.
Medland SE Medland S E SE QIMR, Berghofer Medical Research Institution, Brisbane, Australia.
Martin NG Martin N G NG QIMR, Berghofer Medical Research Institution, Brisbane, Australia.
Wright MJ Wright M J MJ QIMR, Berghofer Medical Research Institution, Brisbane, Australia.
Bates TC Bates T C TC Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Deary IJ Deary I J IJ Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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JOURNAL
VOLUME: 54
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TITLE: Intelligence
ISOABBREVIATION: Intelligence
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MEDLINEDATE: 2016 Jan-Feb
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0160-2896
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Intelligence
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ISSNLINKING: 0160-2896
NLMUNIQUEID: 7707496
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G1001375 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
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GWAS
Gene set analysis
Genetics
Intellectual disabilities
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