Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Modeling assortative mating and genetic similarities between partners, siblings, and in-laws

  • Fartein Ask Torvik,
  • Espen Moen Eilertsen,
  • Laurie J. Hannigan,
  • Rosa Cheesman,
  • Laurence J. Howe,
  • Per Magnus,
  • Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud,
  • Ole A. Andreassen,
  • Pål R. Njølstad,
  • Alexandra Havdahl,
  • Eivind Ystrom

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28774-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Assortative mating could violate the assumption of random mating used in many genetic studies. Here, the authors study more than 25,000 Norwegian families to find genetic similarity between partners, siblings, and in-laws in genetic factors related to educational attainment, height, and depression.