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Tielbeek, Jorim J.; Uffelmann, Emil; Williams, Benjamin S.; Colodro-Conde, Lucía; Gagnon, Éloi; Mallard, Travis T.; Levitt, Brandt; Jansen, Philip R.; Johansson, Ada; & Sallis, Hannah, et al. (Preprint). Uncovering the Genetic Architecture of Broad Antisocial Behavior through a Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-analysis. BioRxiv.Abstract
Despite the substantial heritability of antisocial behavior (ASB), specific genetic variants robustly associated with the trait have not been identified. The present study by the Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium (BroadABC) meta-analyzed data from 28 discovery samples (N = 85,359) and five independent replication samples (N = 8,058) with genotypic data and broad measures of ASB. We identified the first significant genetic associations with broad ASB, involving common intronic variants in the forkhead box protein P2 (FOXP2) gene (lead SNP rs12536335, P = 6.32 x 10-10). Furthermore, we observed intronic variation in Foxp2 and one of its targets (Cntnap2) distinguishing a mouse model of pathological aggression (BALB/cJ strain) from controls (BALB/cByJ strain). The SNP-based heritability of ASB was 8.4% (s.e.= 1.2%). Polygenic-risk-score (PRS) analyses in independent samples revealed that the genetic risk for ASB was associated with several antisocial outcomes across the lifespan, including diagnosis of conduct disorder, official criminal convictions, and trajectories of antisocial development. We found substantial genetic correlations of ASB with mental health (depression rg=0.63, insomnia rg = 0.47), physical health (overweight rg = 0.19, waist-to-hip ratio rg = 0.32), smoking (rg=0.54), cognitive ability (intelligence rg=URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.19.462578Reference Type
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Tielbeek, Jorim J.Uffelmann, Emil
Williams, Benjamin S.
Colodro-Conde, Lucía
Gagnon, Éloi
Mallard, Travis T.
Levitt, Brandt
Jansen, Philip R.
Johansson, Ada
Sallis, Hannah
Pistis, Giorgio
Saunders, Gretchen R.B.
Allegrini, Andrea G.
Rimfeld, Kaili
Konte, Bettina
Klein, Marieke
Hartmann, Annette M.
Salvatore, Jessica E.
Nolte, Ilja M.
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Malmberg, Anni
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