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Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Behavioral genetics

Background:

  • Assortative mating (AM), the non-random association of genotypes or phenotypes, increasingly impacts genetic study estimates.
  • Existing AM theory requires complex, unknown historical sorting patterns for accurate adjustments.
  • The influence of AM on genetic correlations and Mendelian randomization (MR) requires robust analytical methods.

Approach:

  • Developed a general-purpose approach utilizing polygenic indexes (PGIs) to estimate AM's contribution to genetic variance and correlation.
  • Extended existing AM theory to accommodate more general sorting models.
  • Applied the PGI approach to UK Biobank data to quantify AM's effect on genetic correlations.

Key Points:

  • The PGI approach can estimate the fraction of genetic variance and correlation attributable to AM.
  • AM introduces selection bias in Mendelian randomization (MR) studies that persists even after adjustment.
  • The PGI adjustment in MR is highly sensitive to PGI estimation errors.

Conclusions:

  • Assortative mating (AM) inflates genetic correlation estimates between health and education traits by an average of 14% in UK Biobank data.
  • The proposed PGI method offers a simpler, theory-based adjustment for AM effects in genetic studies.
  • Researchers should exercise caution when interpreting genetic correlations or MR estimates for traits influenced by AM.