Featured Publications
Leveraging LD eigenvalue regression to improve the estimation of SNP heritability and confounding inflation
Song S, Jiang W, Zhang Y, Hou L, Zhao H. Leveraging LD eigenvalue regression to improve the estimation of SNP heritability and confounding inflation. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2022, 109: 802-811. PMID: 35421325, PMCID: PMC9118121, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinkage disequilibrium score regressionComplex traitsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSNP heritabilityGenome-wide association studiesDisequilibrium score regressionHigh-throughput technologiesHeritable phenotypesAssociation studiesGenetic studiesCryptic relatednessLD informationScore regressionHeritabilityGenetic contributionHeritability estimationPopulation stratificationDisease mechanismsTraitsLD matrixOnly summary statisticsUK BiobankPolygenicitySummary statisticsRelatedness
2024
Leveraging Functional Annotations Improves Cross-Population Genetic Risk Prediction
Ye Y, Xu L, Zhao H. Leveraging Functional Annotations Improves Cross-Population Genetic Risk Prediction. ICSA Book Series In Statistics 2024, 453-471. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50690-1_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolygenic risk scoresFunctional annotationGenetic risk predictionStandard PRSPost-GWAS analysisPolygenic risk score modelCross-population predictionNon-European populationsGenetic resultsGenetic studiesRisk predictionCross populationsAnnoPredPRS methodsUK BiobankAnnotationRisk scoreTraits/diseasesLDpredPopulationP+TPoor transferBiobankBayesian framework
2023
Estimation on risk of spontaneous abortions by genomic disorders from a meta‐analysis of microarray results on large case series of pregnancy losses
Peng G, Zhou Q, Chai H, Wen J, Zhao H, Taylor H, Jiang Y, Li P. Estimation on risk of spontaneous abortions by genomic disorders from a meta‐analysis of microarray results on large case series of pregnancy losses. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2023, 11: e2181. PMID: 37013615, PMCID: PMC10422064, DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic disordersChromosome microarray analysisWilliams-Beuren syndromePathogenic copy number variantsPopulation genetic studiesWolf-Hirschhorn syndromeCopy number variantsDiGeorge syndromeMicroarray analysisMicroarray resultsChromosomal abnormalitiesGenetic studiesNumber variantsGenetic counseling
2016
Integrative Tissue-Specific Functional Annotations in the Human Genome Provide Novel Insights on Many Complex Traits and Improve Signal Prioritization in Genome Wide Association Studies
Lu Q, Powles RL, Wang Q, He BJ, Zhao H. Integrative Tissue-Specific Functional Annotations in the Human Genome Provide Novel Insights on Many Complex Traits and Improve Signal Prioritization in Genome Wide Association Studies. PLOS Genetics 2016, 12: e1005947. PMID: 27058395, PMCID: PMC4825932, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGWAS signalsComplex traitsFunctional annotationAssociation studiesHuman complex traitsFunctional regionsNon-coding regionsGWAS p-valuesWide association studyNovel biological insightsRelevant tissue typesEpigenetic annotationsGenomic functionsRegulatory machineryTransposable elementsHuman genomeGenoSkylineRisk lociBiological insightsIntegrative analysisGenetic studiesRegulatory miRNAPrioritization performanceSpecific annotations
1998
Stochastic modeling of the crossover process during meiosis
Zhao H, Speed T. Stochastic modeling of the crossover process during meiosis. Communication In Statistics- Theory And Methods 1998, 27: 1557-1580. DOI: 10.1080/03610929808832177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHomologous chromosome pairsChromosome pairsGenetic mapHomologous chromosomesGenetic mappingNonsister chromatidsProper segregationGenetic variationCrossover interferenceDisease genesDifferent chromatidsHomologous chromatidsChromatidsGenetic studiesChiasma interferenceMeiosisChromatid interferenceReunion eventChromosomesGenesOrganismsExpression