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GWAS meta-analysis (N=279,930) identifies new genes and functional links to intelligence

Jeanne E Savage, Philip R Jansen, Sven Stringer, Kyoko Watanabe, Julien Bryois, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Mats Nagel, Swapnil Awasthi, Peter B Barr, Jonathan R I Coleman, Katrina L Grasby, Anke R Hammerschlag, Jakob Kaminski, Robert Karlsson, Eva Krapohl, Max Lam, Marianne Nygaard, Chandra A Reynolds, Joey W Trampush, Hannah Young, Delilah Zabaneh, Sara Hägg, Narelle K Hansell, Ida K Karlsson, Sten Linnarsson, Grant W Montgomery, Ana B Muñoz-Manchado, Erin B Quinlan, Gunter Schumann, Nathan Skene, Bradley T Webb, Tonya White, Dan E Arking, Deborah K Attix, Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Robert M Bilder, Panos Bitsios, Katherine E Burdick, Tyrone D Cannon, Ornit Chiba-Falek, Andrea Christoforou, Elizabeth T Cirulli, Eliza Congdon, Aiden Corvin, Gail Davies, Ian J Deary, Pamela DeRosse, Dwight Dickinson, Srdjan Djurovic, Gary Donohoe, Emily Drabant Conley, Johan G Eriksson, Thomas Espeseth, Nelson A Freimer, Stella Giakoumaki, Ina Giegling, Michael Gill, David C Glahn, Ahmad R Hariri, Alex Hatzimanolis, Matthew C Keller, Emma Knowles, Bettina Konte, Jari Lahti, Stephanie Le Hellard, Todd Lencz, David C Liewald, Edythe London, Astri J Lundervold, Anil K Malhotra, Ingrid Melle, Derek Morris, Anna C Need, William Ollier, Aarno Palotie, Antony Payton, Neil Pendleton, Russell A Poldrack, Katri Räikkönen, Ivar Reinvang, Panos Roussos, Dan Rujescu, Fred W Sabb, Matthew A Scult, Olav B Smeland, Nikolaos Smyrnis, John M Starr, Vidar M Steen, Nikos C Stefanis, Richard E Straub, Kjetil Sundet, Aristotle N Voineskos, Daniel R Weinberger, Elisabeth Widen, Jin Yu, Goncalo Abecasis, Ole A Andreassen, Gerome Breen, Lene Christiansen, Birgit Debrabant, Danielle M Dick, Andreas Heinz, Jens Hjerling-Leffler, M Arfan Ikram, Kenneth S Kendler, Nicholas G Martin, Sarah E Medland, Nancy L Pedersen, Robert Plomin, Tinca JC Polderman, Stephan Ripke, Sophie van der Sluis, Patrick F Sullivan, Henning Tiemeier, Scott I Vrieze, Margaret J Wright, Danielle Posthuma
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/184853
Jeanne E Savage
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Philip R Jansen
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Sven Stringer
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Kyoko Watanabe
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Julien Bryois
3Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Christiaan A de Leeuw
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mats Nagel
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Swapnil Awasthi
4Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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Peter B Barr
5Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Jonathan R I Coleman
6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
7NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK
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Katrina L Grasby
8QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
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Anke R Hammerschlag
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jakob Kaminski
4Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
9Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), 10178 Berlin, Germany
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Robert Karlsson
3Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Eva Krapohl
6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Max Lam
10Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
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Marianne Nygaard
11The Danish Twin Registry and the Danish Aging Research Center, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
12Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Chandra A Reynolds
13Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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Joey W Trampush
14BrainWorkup, LLC, Los Angeles, CA
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Hannah Young
15Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
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Delilah Zabaneh
6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Sara Hägg
3Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Narelle K Hansell
16Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Ida K Karlsson
3Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sten Linnarsson
17Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Grant W Montgomery
8QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
18Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Ana B Muñoz-Manchado
17Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Erin B Quinlan
6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Gunter Schumann
6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Nathan Skene
17Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bradley T Webb
19Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
20Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
21Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
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Tonya White
2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Dan E Arking
22McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, Baltimore, USA
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Deborah K Attix
23Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
24Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychology, and Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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25Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, Baltimore, USA
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26UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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27Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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28Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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30Department of Psychiatry - Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School; Boston MA
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31Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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32Department of Neurology, Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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23Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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33Human Longevity Inc, Durham, NC, USA
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26UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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34Neuropsychiatric Genetics Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Gail Davies
35Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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35Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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37Division of Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
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38Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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39Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, University of Bergen, Oslo, Norway.
40NORMENT, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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41Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics (NICOG) Centre, School of Psychology and Discipline of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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4223andMe, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
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43Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki
44Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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45Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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26UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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47Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece
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48Department of Psychiatry, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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50Laboratory of NeuroGenetics, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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51Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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54Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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48Department of Psychiatry, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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55Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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26UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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41Neuroimaging, Cognition & Genomics (NICOG) Centre, School of Psychology and Discipline of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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61Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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62Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Finland
63Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
64Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Human Genetic Research, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Boston, Massachusetts
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65Centre for Epidemiology, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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66Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology/ School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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67Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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68Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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45Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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28Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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69Department of Genetics and Genomic Science and Institute for Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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48Department of Psychiatry, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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70Robert and Beverly Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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40NORMENT, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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51Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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51Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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73Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Johns Hopkins University Medical Campus, Baltimore, MD, USA
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45Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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74Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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73Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Johns Hopkins University Medical Campus, Baltimore, MD, USA
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62Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Finland
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76Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Ole A Andreassen
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6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Lene Christiansen
11The Danish Twin Registry and the Danish Aging Research Center, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Birgit Debrabant
12Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Danielle M Dick
5Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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78College Behavioral and Emotional Health Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
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Andreas Heinz
4Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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Jens Hjerling-Leffler
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79Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Kenneth S Kendler
19Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
20Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
21Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
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Nicholas G Martin
8QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
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Sarah E Medland
8QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
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Nancy L Pedersen
3Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Robert Plomin
6Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Tinca JC Polderman
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Stephan Ripke
4Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
80Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
81Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, USA
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Sophie van der Sluis
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Patrick F Sullivan
3Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
82Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Henning Tiemeier
2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
79Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Scott I Vrieze
15Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
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Margaret J Wright
16Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
83Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Danielle Posthuma
1Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
84Department of Clinical Genetics, section Complex Trait Genetics, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Intelligence is highly heritable1 and a major determinant of human health and well-being2. Recent genome-wide meta-analyses have identified 24 genomic loci linked to intelligence3–7, but much about its genetic underpinnings remains to be discovered. Here, we present the largest genetic association study of intelligence to date (N=279,930), identifying 206 genomic loci (191 novel) and implicating 1,041 genes (963 novel) via positional mapping, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping, chromatin interaction mapping, and gene-based association analysis. We find enrichment of genetic effects in conserved and coding regions and identify 89 nonsynonymous exonic variants. Associated genes are strongly expressed in the brain and specifically in striatal medium spiny neurons and cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Gene-set analyses implicate pathways related to neurogenesis, neuron differentiation and synaptic structure. We confirm previous strong genetic correlations with several neuropsychiatric disorders, and Mendelian Randomization results suggest protective effects of intelligence for Alzheimer’s dementia and ADHD, and bidirectional causation with strong pleiotropy for schizophrenia. These results are a major step forward in understanding the neurobiology of intelligence as well as genetically associated neuropsychiatric traits.

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GWAS meta-analysis (N=279,930) identifies new genes and functional links to intelligence
Jeanne E Savage, Philip R Jansen, Sven Stringer, Kyoko Watanabe, Julien Bryois, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Mats Nagel, Swapnil Awasthi, Peter B Barr, Jonathan R I Coleman, Katrina L Grasby, Anke R Hammerschlag, Jakob Kaminski, Robert Karlsson, Eva Krapohl, Max Lam, Marianne Nygaard, Chandra A Reynolds, Joey W Trampush, Hannah Young, Delilah Zabaneh, Sara Hägg, Narelle K Hansell, Ida K Karlsson, Sten Linnarsson, Grant W Montgomery, Ana B Muñoz-Manchado, Erin B Quinlan, Gunter Schumann, Nathan Skene, Bradley T Webb, Tonya White, Dan E Arking, Deborah K Attix, Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Robert M Bilder, Panos Bitsios, Katherine E Burdick, Tyrone D Cannon, Ornit Chiba-Falek, Andrea Christoforou, Elizabeth T Cirulli, Eliza Congdon, Aiden Corvin, Gail Davies, Ian J Deary, Pamela DeRosse, Dwight Dickinson, Srdjan Djurovic, Gary Donohoe, Emily Drabant Conley, Johan G Eriksson, Thomas Espeseth, Nelson A Freimer, Stella Giakoumaki, Ina Giegling, Michael Gill, David C Glahn, Ahmad R Hariri, Alex Hatzimanolis, Matthew C Keller, Emma Knowles, Bettina Konte, Jari Lahti, Stephanie Le Hellard, Todd Lencz, David C Liewald, Edythe London, Astri J Lundervold, Anil K Malhotra, Ingrid Melle, Derek Morris, Anna C Need, William Ollier, Aarno Palotie, Antony Payton, Neil Pendleton, Russell A Poldrack, Katri Räikkönen, Ivar Reinvang, Panos Roussos, Dan Rujescu, Fred W Sabb, Matthew A Scult, Olav B Smeland, Nikolaos Smyrnis, John M Starr, Vidar M Steen, Nikos C Stefanis, Richard E Straub, Kjetil Sundet, Aristotle N Voineskos, Daniel R Weinberger, Elisabeth Widen, Jin Yu, Goncalo Abecasis, Ole A Andreassen, Gerome Breen, Lene Christiansen, Birgit Debrabant, Danielle M Dick, Andreas Heinz, Jens Hjerling-Leffler, M Arfan Ikram, Kenneth S Kendler, Nicholas G Martin, Sarah E Medland, Nancy L Pedersen, Robert Plomin, Tinca JC Polderman, Stephan Ripke, Sophie van der Sluis, Patrick F Sullivan, Henning Tiemeier, Scott I Vrieze, Margaret J Wright, Danielle Posthuma
bioRxiv 184853; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/184853
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GWAS meta-analysis (N=279,930) identifies new genes and functional links to intelligence
Jeanne E Savage, Philip R Jansen, Sven Stringer, Kyoko Watanabe, Julien Bryois, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Mats Nagel, Swapnil Awasthi, Peter B Barr, Jonathan R I Coleman, Katrina L Grasby, Anke R Hammerschlag, Jakob Kaminski, Robert Karlsson, Eva Krapohl, Max Lam, Marianne Nygaard, Chandra A Reynolds, Joey W Trampush, Hannah Young, Delilah Zabaneh, Sara Hägg, Narelle K Hansell, Ida K Karlsson, Sten Linnarsson, Grant W Montgomery, Ana B Muñoz-Manchado, Erin B Quinlan, Gunter Schumann, Nathan Skene, Bradley T Webb, Tonya White, Dan E Arking, Deborah K Attix, Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Robert M Bilder, Panos Bitsios, Katherine E Burdick, Tyrone D Cannon, Ornit Chiba-Falek, Andrea Christoforou, Elizabeth T Cirulli, Eliza Congdon, Aiden Corvin, Gail Davies, Ian J Deary, Pamela DeRosse, Dwight Dickinson, Srdjan Djurovic, Gary Donohoe, Emily Drabant Conley, Johan G Eriksson, Thomas Espeseth, Nelson A Freimer, Stella Giakoumaki, Ina Giegling, Michael Gill, David C Glahn, Ahmad R Hariri, Alex Hatzimanolis, Matthew C Keller, Emma Knowles, Bettina Konte, Jari Lahti, Stephanie Le Hellard, Todd Lencz, David C Liewald, Edythe London, Astri J Lundervold, Anil K Malhotra, Ingrid Melle, Derek Morris, Anna C Need, William Ollier, Aarno Palotie, Antony Payton, Neil Pendleton, Russell A Poldrack, Katri Räikkönen, Ivar Reinvang, Panos Roussos, Dan Rujescu, Fred W Sabb, Matthew A Scult, Olav B Smeland, Nikolaos Smyrnis, John M Starr, Vidar M Steen, Nikos C Stefanis, Richard E Straub, Kjetil Sundet, Aristotle N Voineskos, Daniel R Weinberger, Elisabeth Widen, Jin Yu, Goncalo Abecasis, Ole A Andreassen, Gerome Breen, Lene Christiansen, Birgit Debrabant, Danielle M Dick, Andreas Heinz, Jens Hjerling-Leffler, M Arfan Ikram, Kenneth S Kendler, Nicholas G Martin, Sarah E Medland, Nancy L Pedersen, Robert Plomin, Tinca JC Polderman, Stephan Ripke, Sophie van der Sluis, Patrick F Sullivan, Henning Tiemeier, Scott I Vrieze, Margaret J Wright, Danielle Posthuma
bioRxiv 184853; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/184853

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