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Peter McGuffin is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. They have contributed to research predominantly within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing on the subfield of Genetics. Their work covers key topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • Polygenic risk prediction: why and when out-of-sample prediction R2 can exceed SNP-based heritability, 2023, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • William Irvine Fraser, 2022, BMJ
  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression., 2025, UNC Libraries

McGuffin has frequently co-authored with a number of researchers in the field. Key collaborators include:

  • Mark J. Adams
  • Naomi R. Wray
  • Stephan Ripke
  • Manuel Mattheisen
  • Maciej Trzaskowski

The venues where McGuffin has published their research consist of:

  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • BMJ
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • A Polydiagnostic Application of Operational Criteria in Studies of Psychotic Illness: Development and Reliability of the OPCRIT System

    Peter McGuffin;Anne Farmer;Ian Harvey

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • The Heritability of Bipolar Affective Disorder and the Genetic Relationship to Unipolar Depression

    Peter McGuffin;Fruhling Rijsdijk;Martin Andrew;Pak Sham

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • The Genetic Basis of Complex Human Behaviors

    Robert Plomin;Michael J. Owen;Peter McGuffin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Collaborative genome-wide association analysis supports a role for ANK3 and CACNA1C in bipolar disorder

    Manuel A R Ferreira;Michael C O'Donovan;Yan A Meng;Ian R Jones

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Heritability Estimates for Psychotic Disorders: The Maudsley Twin Psychosis Series

    Alastair G. Cardno;E. Jane Marshall;Bina Coid;Alison M. Macdonald

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Gene-environment interaction analysis of serotonin system markers with adolescent depression.

    Thalia Eley;K Sugden;A Corsico;Alice Gregory

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Farmer
Anne Farmer King's College London
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Rudolf Uher
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University
Nicholas John Craddock
Nicholas John Craddock Cardiff University
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Ole Mors
Ole Mors Aarhus University
Ian W. Craig
Ian W. Craig King's College London
Cathryn M. Lewis
Cathryn M. Lewis King's College London
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Lisa Jones
Lisa Jones University of Worcester

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