Alexander I. Young

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Alexander I. Young is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander I. Young has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Genetics, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander I. Young's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (11 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (9 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (8 papers). Alexander I. Young is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (11 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (9 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (8 papers). Alexander I. Young collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Alexander I. Young's co-authors include Augustine Kong, Stefania Benónísdóttir, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Gísli Másson, Peter Donnelly, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Fabian L. Wauthier, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Michael L. Frigge and Kāri Stefánsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Alexander I. Young

19 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes

2018 519 citations Augustine Kong, Guðmar Þorleifsson et al. Science profile →

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Family-based genome-wide association study designs for increased power and robustness 2025 ·Nature Genetics ·(unknown), Tammy Tan, (unknown), Michael Bennett, Patrick Turley, Daniel J. Benjamin, Alexander I. Young	2
2	Genome-wide association studies have problems due to confounding: Are family-based designs the answer? 2024 ·PLoS Biology ·Alexander I. Young	2
3	The importance of family-based sampling for biobanks 2024 ·Nature ·Neil M Davies, Gibran Hemani, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Hilary C. Martin, Melinda Mills, Peter M. Visscher, Loïc Yengo, Alexander I. Young, Matthew C. Keller	8
4	Mendelian imputation of parental genotypes improves estimates of direct genetic effects 2022 ·Nature Genetics ·Alexander I. Young, (unknown), Stefania Benónísdóttir, Aysu Okbay, (unknown), Chan Wook Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, Augustine Kong	43
5	Cross-trait assortative mating is widespread and inflates genetic correlation estimates 2022 ·Science ·Richard Border, Georgios Athanasiadis, Alfonso Buil, Andrew J. Schork, Na Cai, Alexander I. Young, Thomas Werge, Jonathan Flint, Kenneth S. Kendler, Sriram Sankararaman, Andy Dahl, Noah Zaitlen	71
6	It’s not what you said, it’s how you said it: An analysis of therapist vocal features during psychotherapy 2021 ·Counselling and Psychotherapy Research ·Christina S. Soma, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexander I. Young, Shrikanth Narayanan	2
7	How important are parents in the development of child anxiety and depression? A genomic analysis of parent-offspring trios in the Norwegian Mother Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) 2020 ·BMC Medicine ·Rosa Cheesman, Espen Moen Eilertsen, Yasmin I. Ahmadzadeh, Line C. Gjerde, Laurie J. Hannigan, Alexandra Havdahl, Alexander I. Young, Thalia C. Eley, Pål R. Njølstad, Per Magnus, Ole A. Andreassen, Eivind Ystrøm, Tom A. McAdams	37
8	Deconstructing the sources of genotype-phenotype associations in humans 2019 ·Science ·Alexander I. Young, Stefania Benónísdóttir, Molly Przeworski, Augustine Kong	150
9	Solving the missing heritability problem 2019 ·PLoS Genetics ·Alexander I. Young	151
10	Relatedness disequilibrium regression estimates heritability without environmental bias 2018 ·Nature Genetics ·Alexander I. Young, Michael L. Frigge, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Gyða Björnsdóttir, Patrick Sulem, Gísli Másson, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson, Augustine Kong	104
11	The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·Augustine Kong, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Michael L. Frigge, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Alexander I. Young, Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, Stefania Benónísdóttir, Ásmundur Oddsson, Bjarni V. Halldórsson, Gísli Másson, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Agnar Helgason, Gyða Björnsdóttir, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson	519
12	Identifying loci affecting trait variability and detecting interactions in genome-wide association studies 2018 ·Nature Genetics ·Alexander I. Young, Fabian L. Wauthier, Peter Donnelly	47
13	Selection against variants in the genome associated with educational attainment 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Augustine Kong, Michael L. Frigge, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Hreinn Stefánsson, Alexander I. Young, Florian Zink, Guðrún A. Jónsdóttir, Aysu Okbay, Patrick Sulem, Gísli Másson, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Agnar Helgason, Gyða Björnsdóttir, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson	84
14	Multiple novel gene-by-environment interactions modify the effect of FTO variants on body mass index 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Alexander I. Young, Fabian L. Wauthier, Peter Donnelly	105
15	Powerful decomposition of complex traits in a diploid model 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Johan Hallin, Kaspar Märtens, Alexander I. Young, (unknown), F. Salinas, Leopold Parts, Jonas Warringer, Gianni Liti	25
16	Estimation of Epistatic Variance Components and Heritability in Founder Populations and Crosses 2014 ·Genetics ·Alexander I. Young, Richard Durbin	15
17	Comparison of model-free linkage mapping strategies for the study of a complex trait 1997 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·Christopher I. Amos, Julia Krushkal, (unknown), Alexander I. Young, Dianjun Zhu, Eric Boerwinkle, Mariza de Andrade	38
18	Fine mapping of a genetic locus for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome on chromosome 19p. 1997 ·PubMed ·Christopher I. Amos, Deeksha Bali, (unknown), Jon P. Anderson, Ian Gourley, Marsha L. Frazier, Patrick M. Lynch, Maren Luchtefeld, Alexander I. Young, Thomas J. McGarrity, Michael F. Seldin	74
19	Genotype-environment interactions in fodder kale (Brassica oleracea L.) 1982 ·The Journal of Agricultural Science ·John E. Bradshaw, (unknown), Alexander I. Young	5

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