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Sri Shekar
Telephone:	+61 7 3845 3572
Facsimile:	+61 7 3362 0101
Email:	sriSh@qimrberghofer.edu.au

Please contact Sri Shekar for more information and a complete list of publications.

Publications

2009

	Shekar SN, Duffy DL, Youl P, Baxter AJ, Kvaskoff M, Whiteman DC, Green AC, Hughes MC, Hayward NK, Coates M, Martin NG: A Population-Based Study of Australian Twins with Melanoma Suggests a Strong Genetic Contribution to Liability. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology 129:2211-2219, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Martin NW, Hansell NK, Wainwright MA, Shekar SN, Medland SE, Bates TC, Burt JS, Martin NG, Wright MJ: Genetic covariation between theAuthor Recognition Test and reading and verbal abilities: what can we learn from the analysis of high performance? Behavior Genetics 39(4):417-426, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Mosing MA, Zietsch BP, Shekar SN, Wright MJ, Martin NG: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Optimism and its Relationship to Mental and Self-Rated Health: A Study of Aging Twins. Behavior Genetics 39(6):597-604, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]

2008

	Shekar SN, Duffy DL, Frudakis T, Montgomery GW, James MR, Sturm RA, Martin NG: Spectrophotometric methods for quantifying pigmentation in human hair-influence of MC1R genotype and environment. Photochemistry and Photobiology 84:719-726, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Verweij KJ, Shekar SN, Zietsch BP, Eaves LJ, Bailey JM, Boomsma DI, Martin NG: Genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in attitudes toward homosexuality: An Australian twin study. Behavior Genetics 38(3):257-265, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Baxter AJ, Hughes MC, Kvaskoff M, Siskind V, Shekar S, Aitken JF, Green AC, Duffy DL, Hayward NK, Martin NG, Whiteman DC: The Queensland study of melanoma: Environmental and genetic associations (Q-MEGA); Study design, baseline characteristics, and repeatability of phenotype and sun exposure measures. Twin Research and Human Genetics 11(2):183-196, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Shekar SN, Duffy DL, Frudakis T, Sturm RA, Zhao ZZ, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Linkage and Association Analysis of Spectrophotometrically Quantified Hair Color in Australian Adolescents: the Effect of OCA2 and HERC2. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 128(12):2807-2814, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Beaumont KA, Shekar SN, Cook AL, Duffy DL, Sturm RA: Red hair is the null phenotype of MC1R. Human Mutation 29:E88-E94, 2008 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Dirani M, Shekar SN, Baird PN: Adult-onset myopia: the Genes in Myopia (GEM) twin study. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 49(8):3324-3327, 2008 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Dirani M, Islam A, Shekar SN, Baird PN: Dominant genetic effects on corneal astigmatism: the genes in myopia (GEM) twin study. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 49(4):1339-1344, 2008 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Dirani M, Shekar SN, Baird PN: The role of educational attainment in refraction: the Genes in Myopia (GEM) twin study. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 49(2):534-538, 2008 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Dirani M, Shekar SN, Baird PN: Evidence of shared genes in refraction and axial length: the Genes in Myopia (GEM) twin study. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 49(10):4336-4339, 2008 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Zietsch BP, Morley KI, Shekar SN, Eaves LK, Verweij KJH, Keller MC, Macgregor S, Wright MJ, Bailey JM, Martin NG: Genetic factors predisposing to homosexuality may increase mating success in heterosexuals. Evolution and Human Behavior 29:424-433, 2008 [PDF]

2007

Beaumont KA, Shekar SN, Shekar SL, Newton RA, James MR, Stow JL, Duffy DL, Sturm RA: Receptor function, dominant negative activity and phenotype correlations for MC1R variant alleles. Human Molecular Genetics 16(18):2249-2260, 2007 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]

2006

	Shekar SN, Duffy DL, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: A genome scan for epidermal skin pattern in adolescent twins reveals suggestive linkage on 12p13.31. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 126(2):277-282, 2006 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
	Dirani M, Chamberlain M, Shekar SN, Islam AF, Garoufalis P, Chen CY, Guymer RH, Baird PN: Heritability of refractive error and ocular biometrics: the Genes in Myopia (GEM) twin study. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 47(11):4756-4761, 2006 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]
	Shekar SN, Banerjee T, Biswas A: Hypotheses on the effect of cadmium on glutathione content of red blood corpuscles. Twin Research and Human Genetics 9(1):73-75, 2006 [PDF unavailable] [PubMed] [More...]

2005

Shekar SN, Luciano M, Duffy DL, Martin NG: Genetic and environmental influences on skin pattern deterioration. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 125(6):1119-1129, 2005 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]