Category Archive for : ‘Publications’

The article, “Modeling epistasis in mice and yeast using the proportion of two or more distinct genetic backgrounds: evidence for ‘polygenic epistasis'”, has been accepted for publication in PLOS Genetics. Former Palmer lab member, Natalia Gonzales, and current lab member, Dr. Palmer, are co-authors on the paper. The full citation is as follows:

Rau CD, Gonzales NM, Bloom JS, Park D, Ayroles J, Palmer AA, Lusis AJ, Zaitlen N. Modeling epistasis in mice and yeast using the proportion of two or more distinct genetic backgrounds: evidence for “polygenic epistasis”. PLoS Genetics, in press.

The article, “Content and performance of the MiniMUGA genotyping array, a new tool to improve rigor and reproducibility in mouse research,” has been accepted for publication in Genetics. Former Palmer lab postdoc, Yu-yu Ren, and current lab member, Dr. Abraham Palmer, are co-authors on the paper.

The commentary, “ACNP efforts toward reducing climate change,” has been accepted for publication in Neuropsychopharmacology. Dr. Palmer is a co-author along with Dr. Chloe Jordan. The unedited manuscript can be found here.

The article, “Genome wide association study of body weight, body mass index, adiposity, and fasting glucose in 3,173 outbred rats,” has been accepted for publication in Obesity. Former lab members Jianjun Gao, Alexander Gileta, and Celine St. Pierre are co-authors along with current lab members Drs. Abraham Palmer and Oksana Polesskaya, Apurva Chitre, and Riyan Cheng. Other co-authors include Katie Holl, Angel Garcia Martinez, Tony George, Wenyan Han, Aidan Horvath, Alesa Hughson, Keita Ishiwari, Christopher P. King, Alexander Lamparelli, Cassandra L. Versaggi, Connor Martin, Jordan A. Tripi, Tengfei Wang, Hannah

The article, “Adapting genotyping-by-sequencing and variant calling for heterogeneous stock rats,” has been accepted for publication in G3. Former lab members Alex Gileta, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, JJ Gao, and Celine St Pierre are co-authors along with current lab members Dr. Abraham Palmer, Apurva Chitre, and Hannah Bimschleger.

The article, “Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits,” has been accepted for publication in Nature Neuroscience. Drs. Abraham Palmer and Sandra Sanchez-Roige are co-authors, along with Hang Zhou, Julia Sealock, Toni Clarke, Daniel Levey, Cheng Zhongshan, Boyang Li, Renato Polimanti, Rachel Kember, Rachel Smith, Johan Thygesen, Marsha Morgan, Stephen Atkinson, Mark Thursz, Mette Nyegaard, Manuel Mattheisen, Anders Børglum, Emma Johnson, Amy Justice, Andrew McQuillin, Lea Davis, Howard Edenberg, Arpana Agrawal, Henry Kranzler, and Joel Gelernter.

The article, “Sex-Dependent Associations Between Addiction-Related Behaviors and the Microbiome in Outbred Rats,” has been accepted for publication in EBioMedicine. Drs. Abraham Palmer, Amelie Baud, and Oksana Polesskaya and Apurva Chitre are co-authors, along with John Cryan and Veronica Laine Peterson. Read the article here.

The article, “The Latent Genetic Structure of Impulsivity and its Relation to Internalizing Psychopathology,” has been accepted for publication in Psychological Science. Drs. Abraham Palmer and Sandra Sanchez-Roige are co-authors, along with Daniel Gustavson, Naomi Friedman, Pierre Fontanillas, and Sarah Elson.

The article, “Emerging phenotyping strategies to advance our understanding of psychiatric genetics,” has been accepted for publication in Nature Neuroscience. Drs. Abraham Palmer and Sandra Sanchez-Roige are co-authors.