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Geller F, Søborg B, Koch A, Michelsen SW, Bjørn-Mortensen K, Carstensen L, Nordholm AC, Johansen MMB, Børresen ML, Feenstra B, Melbye M. Determination of NAT2 acetylation status in the Greenlandic population. Archives of Toxicology 2016; 90(4): 883-889.
Ruth KS, Campbell PJ, Chew S, Lim EM, Hadlow N, Stuckey BGA, Brown SJ, Feenstra B, Joseph J, Surdulescu GL, Zheng HF, Richards JB, Murray A, Spector TD, Wilson SG, Perry JRB. Genome-wide association study with 1000 genomes imputation identifies signals for nine sex-hormone-related phenotypes. European Journal of Human Genetics 2016; 24: 284-290.
Winkler TW, et al. The influence of age and sex on genetic associations with adult body size and shape: a large-scale genome-wide interaction study. PLoS Genetics 2015; 11(10): e1005378.
Paternoster L, et al. Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies 10 new risk loci for atopic dermatitis. Nature Genetics 2015; 47: 1449-1456.
Joshi PK et al. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations. Nature 2015; 523: 459-462.
Locke AE, Kahali B, Berndt SI, Justice AE, Pers TH, Day FR, Powell C, Vedantam S, Buchkovich ML, Yang J, Croteau-Chonka DC, Esko T, Fall T, Ferreira T, Gustafsson S, Kutalik Z, Luan J, Mägi R, Randall JC, Winkler TW, Wood AR, Workalemahu T, Faul JD, Smith JA, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Chen J, Fehrmann R, Hedman ÅK, Karjalainen J, Schmidt EM, Absher D, Amin N, Anderson D, Beekman M, Bolton JL, BraggGresham JL, Buyske S, Demirkan A, Deng G, Ehret GB, Feenstra B, and many others. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology. Nature 2015; 518: 197-206.
Machiela MJ et al. Characterization of large structural genetic mosaicism in human autosomes. American Journal of Human Genetics 2015, 96: 487-497.
Cornelis MC, et al. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption. Molecular Psychiatry 2015, 20: 647-656.
van der Valk, RJP et al. A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood. Human Molecular Genetics 2015; 24: 1155-1168.
Feenstra B, Pasternak B, Geller F, Carstensen L, Wang T, Huang F, Eitson JL, Hollegaard MV, Svanström H, Vestergaard M, Hougaard DM, Schoggins JW, Jan LY, Melbye M, Hviid A.Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccinerelated febrile seizures. Nature Genetics 2014; 46: 1274-1282. .
Wood AR, Esko T, Yang J, Vedantam S, Pers TH, Gustafsson S, Chu AY, Estrada K, Luan J, Kutálik Z, Amin N, Buchkovich ML, Croteau-Chonka DC, Day FR, Duan Y, Fall T, Fehrmann R, Ferreira T, Jackson AU, Karjalainen J, Lo KS, Locke AE, Mägi R,Mihailov E, Porcu E, Randall JC, Scherag A, Vinkhuyzen AAE, Westra H-J, Winkler TW, Workalemahu T, Zhao JH, Absher D, Albrecht E, Anderson D, Baron J, Beekman M, Demirkan A, Ehret GB, Feenstra B, and many others. Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height. Nature Genetics 2014; 46: 1173-1185.
Geller F, Feenstra B, Carstensen L, Pers TH, van Rooij IALM, Baranowska KörbergI, Choudhry S, Karjalainen J, Schnack TH, Hollegaard MV, Feitz WFJ, Roeleveld N, Hougaard DM, Hirschhorn JN, Franke L, Baskin LS, Nordenskjöld A, van der Zanden LFM, Melbye M. Genome-wide association analyses identify variants in developmental genes associated with hypospadias. Nature Genetics 2014; 46: 957-963.
Perry JRB, Day F, Elks CE, Sulem P, Thompson DJ, Ferreira T, He C, Chasman DI, Esko T, Thorleifsson G, Albrecht E, Ang WQ, Corre T, Cousminer DL, Feenstra B, and 187 others. Parent-of-origin specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche. Nature 2014; 514: 92-97
Lund M, Diaz L, Gørtz S, Feenstra B, Dunoe M, Juncker I, Eiberg H, Vissing J, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Risk of Cancer in Relatives of Patients With Myotonic Dystrophy: a Population Based Cohort Study. European Journal of Neurology 2014; 21: 1192-1197. .
Lund M, Pasternak B, Davidsen RB, Feenstra B, Krogh C, Diaz LJ, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Use of Macrolides in Mother and Child and Risk of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: Nationwide Cohort Study. British Medical Journal 2014; 348:g1908.
Feenstra B, Geller F, Carstensen L, Romitti PA, Baranowska Körberg I, Bedell B, Krogh C, Fan R, Svenningsson A, Caggana M, Nordenskjöld A, Mills JL, Murray JC, Melbye M. Plasma Lipids, Genetic Variants near APOA1, and the Risk of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis. JAMA 2013; 710 (7): 714-721.
Zheng X, Feingold E, Ryckman KK, Shaffer JR, Boyd HA, Feenstra B, Melbye M, Marazita ML, Murray JC, Cuenco KT. Association of maternal CNVs in GSTT1/GSTT2 with smoking, preterm delivery, and low birth weight. Frontiers in Genetics 2013; volume 4: article 196.
Kim J, Stirling KJ, Cooper ME, Ascoli M, Momany AM, McDonald EL, Ryckman KK,Rhea L, Schaa KL, Cosentino V, Gadow E, Saleme C, Shi M, Hallman M, Plunkett J,Teramo KA, Muglia LJ, Feenstra B, Geller F, Boyd HA, Melbye M, Marazita ML,Dagle JM, Murray JC. Sequence variants in oxytocin pathway genes and pretermbirth: a candidate gene association study. BMC Medical Genetics 2013; 14(1), 77.
Fatemifar G, Hoggart C, Paternoster L, Kemp JP, Prokopenko I, Horikoshi M, Wright VJ, Tobias JH, Richmond S, Zhurov AI, Toma AM, Pouta A, Taanila A, Sipila K, Lähdesmäki R, Pillas D, Geller F, Feenstra B, Melbye M, Nohr EA, Ring SM, St Pourcain B, Timpson NJ, Smith GD, Jarvelin M-R, Evans DM. Genome-Wide Association Study of Primary Tooth Eruption Identifies Pleiotropic Loci Associated With Height and Craniofacial Distances. Human Molecular Genetics 2013; 22(18): 3807-3817
Myking S, Boyd H, Myhre R, Feenstra B, Jugessur A, Devold Pay AS, Østensen IHG, Morken N-H, Busch T, Ryckman KK, Geller F, Magnus P, Gjessing HK, Melbye M, Jacobsson B, Murray JC. X-chromosomal maternal and fetal SNPs and the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery in a Danish/Norwegian genome-wide association study. PLoS One 2013; 8 (4), e61781.
Fernández-Rhodes L, Demerath EW, Cousminer DL, Tao R, Dreyfus JG, Esko T, Smith AV, Harris TB, McArdle PF, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Elks CE, Strachan DP, Kutalik Z, Vollenweider P, Feenstra B, and 52 others. Association of adiposity genetic variants with menarche timing in 92,105 women of European descent. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2013; 178 (3): 451-460.
Horikoshi M, Yaghootkar H, Mook-Kanamori DO, Sovio U, Taal HR, Hennig BJ, Bradfield JP, St. Pourcain B, Evans DM, Charoen P, Kaakinen M, Cousminer DL, Lehtimäki T, Kreiner-Møller E, Warrington NM, Bustamante M, Feenstra B, and 133 others. Novel loci associated with birth weight reveal genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism. Nature Genetics 2013; 45: 76-82.
Tyrrell J, Huikari V, Christie JT, Cavadino A, Bakker R, Brion M-J A, Geller F, Paternoster L, Myhre R, Potter C, Johnson PCD, Ebrahim S, Feenstra B, and 31 others.Genetic variation in the 15q25 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster(CHRNA5–CHRNA3–CHRNB4) interacts with maternal self-reported smoking status during pregnancy to influence birth weight. Human Molecular Genetics 2012; 21: 5344-58. .
Alleman B, Myking S, Ryckman KK, Myhre R, Feingold E, Feenstra B, Geller F, Boyd HA, Shaffer JR, Zhang Q, Begum F, Crosslin D, Doheny KF, Pugh EW, Pay A, Østensen I, Morken N-H, Magnus P, Marazita ML, Jacobsson B, Melbye M, Murray JC. No Observed Association for Mitochondrial SNPs with Preterm Delivery and related outcomes. Pediatric Research 2012; 72: 539-544. PMCID: PMC3694399.
Laurie CC, Laurie CA, Rice K, Doheny KF, Zelnick LR, McHugh CP, Ling H, Hetrick KN, Pugh EW, Amos C, Wei Q, Wang L, Lee JE, Barnes KC, Hansel NN, Mathias R, Daley D, Beaty TH, Scott AF, Ruczinski I, Scharpf RB, Bierut LJ, Hartz SM, Landi MT, Freedman ND, Goldin LR, Ginsburg D, Li J, Desch KC, Strom SS, Blot WJ, Signorello LB, Ingles SA, Chanock SJ, Berndt SI, Le Marchand L, Henderson BE, Monroe KR, Heit JA, de Andrade M, Armasu SM, Regnier C, Lowe WL, Hayes MG, Marazita ML, Feingold E, Murray JC, Melbye M, Feenstra B, and 24 others. Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer. Nature Genetics 2012; 44: 642-650. .
Ekstrøm CT, Feenstra B. Detecting Sample Misidentifications in Genetic Association Studies. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology 2012; 11 (3): article 13.
Taal HR, St Pourcain B, Thiering E, Das S, Mook- Kanamori DO, Warrington NM, Kaakinen M, Kreiner-Møller E, Bradfield JP, Freathy RM, Geller F, Guxens M, Cousminer DL, Kerkhof M, Timpson NJ, Ikram MA, Beilin LJ, Bønnelykke K, Buxton JL, Charoen P, Chawes BLK, Eriksson J, Evans DM, Hofman A, Kemp JP, Kim CE, Klopp N, Lahti J, Lye SJ, McMahon G, Mentch FD, Müller M, O’Reilly PF, Prokopenko I, Rivadeneira F, Steegers EAP, Sunyer J, Tiesler C, Yaghootkar H, the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genetic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, Breteler MMB, Debette S, Fornage M, Gudnason V, Launer LJ, van der Lugt A, Mosley TH, Seshadri S, Smith AV, Vernooij MW, the Early Genetics & Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) consortium, Blakemore AIF, Chiavacci RM, Feenstra B, and 34 others. Common genetic variants in SBNO1, and near HMGA2 and CRHR1/MAPT affect infant head circumference. Nature Genetics 2012; 44: 532-538.
Zheng X, Shaffer JR, McHugh CP, Laurie CC, Feenstra B, Melbye M, Murray JC, Marazita ML, Feingold E. Using Family Data as a Verification Standard to Evaluate Copy Number Variation Calling Strategies for Genetic Association Studies. Genetic Epidemiology; 36: 253-262 .
Feenstra B, Geller F, Krogh C, Hollegaard MV, Gørtz S, Boyd HA, Murray JC, Hougaard DM, Melbye M. Common Variants near MBNL1 and NKX2-5 are Associated with Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis. Nature Genetics 2012; 44: 334-337. .
Fode P, Larsen AR, Feenstra B, Jespersgaard C, Fowler VG Jr, Skov RL, The Danish SAB Study Group Consortium, Stegger M, Andersen PS. Genetic variability in beta-defensins is not associated with susceptibility to staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. PLoS One 2012; 7: e32315.
Paternoster L, Standl M, Chen C-M, Ramasamy A, Bønnelykke K, Duijts L, Ferreira MA, Alves AC, Thyssen JP, Albrecht E, Baurecht H, Feenstra B, and 98 others. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies on atopic dermatitis identifies three novel risk loci. Nature Genetics 2012; 44: 187-192.
Urayama KY, Jarrett RF, Hjalgrim H, Diepstra A, Kamatani Y, Chabrier A, Gaborieau V, Boland A , Nieters A, Becker N, Foretova L, Benavente Y, Maynadié M , Staines A, Shield L, Lake A, Montgomery D, Taylor M, Smedby KE, Amini R-M, Adami H-O, Glimelius B, Feenstra B, and 40 others. Genome-wide Association Study of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma and Epstein-Barr Virus Status-defined Subgroups. J National Cancer Institute 2012; 104: 240-253.
Ryckman KK, Feenstra B, Shaffer JR, Bream ENA, Geller F, Feingold E, Weeks DE, Gadow E, Cosentino V, Saleme C, Simhan HN, Merrill D, Fong C-T, Busch T, Berends SK, Comas B, Camelo JL, Boyd HA, Laurie C, Crosslin D, Zhang Q, Doheny KF, Pugh E, Melbye M, Marazita ML, Dagle JM, Murray JC. Replication of a GenomeWide Association Study of Birth Weight in Preterm Neonates. J Pediatrics 2012; 160: 19-24.
Geller Fs, Feenstra Bs, Zhang H, Shaffer JR, Hansen T, Esserlind A-L, Boyd HA, Nohr EA, Timpson NJ, Fatemifar G, Paternoster L, Evans DM, Weyant RJ, Levy SM, Lathrop M, Smith GD, Murray JC, Olesen J, Werge T, Marazita ML, Sørensen TIA, Melbye M. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Four Loci Associated with Eruption of Permanent Teeth. PLoS Genetics 2011; 7: e1002275.
Shaffer JR, Wang X, Feingold E, Lee M, Begum F, Weeks DE, Cuenco KT, Barmada MM, Wendell SK, Crosslin DR, Laurie CC, Doheny KF, Pugh EW, Zhang Q, Feenstra B, Geller F, Boyd HA, Zhang H, Melbye M, Murray JC, Weyant RJ, Crout R, McNeil DW, Levy SM, Slayton RL, Willing MC, Broffitt B, Vieira AR, Marazita ML. Genome-wide association scan for childhood caries implicates novel genes. J Dental Research 2011; 90: 1457-1462..
Yang J, Manolio TA, Pasquale LR, Boerwinkle E, Caporaso N, Cunningham JM, de Andrade M, Feenstra B, and 16 others. Genome-partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs. Nature Genetics 2011; 43: 519-525
Sulem P, Gudbjartsson DF, Geller F, Prokopenko I, Feenstra B, and 25 others. Sequence variants at CYP1A1-CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption. Human Molecular Genetics 2011; 20: 2071-2077. .
Elks CE, Perry FRB, Sulem P, Chasman DI, Franceschini N, He C, Lunetta KL, Visser JA, Byrne EM, Cousminer DL, Gudbjartsson DF, Esko T, Feenstra B, and 161 others. Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies. Nature Genetics 2010; 42:1077-1085.
Greenberg DA, Monti MC, Feenstra B, Zhang J, Hodge SE. The essence of linkagebased imprinting detection: Comparing power, type 1 error, and the effects of confounders in two different analysis approaches. Ann Hum Genet. 2010; 74: 248-262.
Cornelis MC, Agrawal A, Cole JW, Hansel NN, Barnes KC, Beaty TH, Bennett SN, Bierut LJ, Boerwinkle E, Doheny KF, Feenstra B, Feingold E, Fornage M, Haiman CA, Harris EL , Hayes MG, Heit JA, Hu FB, Kang JH, Laurie CC, Ling H, Manolio TA, Marazita ML, Mathias RA, Mirel DB, Paschall J, Pasquale LR, Pugh EW, Rice JP, Udren J, van Dam RM, Wang X, Wiggs JL, Williams K, Yu K for the GENEVA Consortium. The Gene, Environment Association Studies Consortium (GENEVA): Maximizing the knowledge obtained from GWAS by collaboration across studies of multiple conditions. Genetic Epidemiology 2010; 34: 364-372.
Boyd HA, Poulsen G, Wohlfahrt J, Murray JC, Feenstra B, Melbye M. Maternal contributions to preterm delivery. Am J Epidemiol. 2009; 170: 1358-64.
Sulem P, Gudbjartsson DF, Rafnar T, Holm H, Olafsdottir EJ, Olafsdottir GH, Jonsson T, Alexandersen P, Feenstra B, Boyd HA, Aben KK, Verbeek AL, Roeleveld N, Jonasdottir A, Styrkarsdottir U, Steinthorsdottir V, Karason A, Stacey SN, Gudmundsson J, Jakobsdottir M, Thorleifsson G, Hardarson G, Gulcher J, Kong A, Kiemeney LA, Melbye M, Christiansen C, Tryggvadottir L, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K. Genome-wide association study identifies sequence variants on 6q21 associated with age at menarche. Nature Genetics 2009; 41: 734-738.
Feenstra B, Boyd HA, Melbye M. [Genome-wide association studies]. Ugeskr Laeger 2008; 170: 3216-20 (Danish).
Feenstra B, Skovgaard IM, Broman KW. Mapping quantitative trait loci by an extension of the Haley-Knott regression method using estimating equations. Genetics 2006; 173: 2269-2278.
Christiansen MJ, Feenstra B, Skovgaard IM, Andersen SB. Genetic analysis of resistance to yellow rust in hexaploid wheat using multiple crosses. Theor. Appl. Genet. 2006; 112: 581-591.
Feenstra B, Skovgaard IM. A QTL mixture model that avoids spurious LOD score peaks. Genetics 2004; 167: 959-965
Feenstra B, Greenberg DA, Hodge SE. Using LOD scores to detect sex differences in male-female recombination fractions. Hum. Hered. 2004; 57: 100-108.
Armstrong DP, Castro I, Alley JC, Feenstra B, Perrott JK. Mortality and behaviour of Hihi, an endangered New Zealand honeyeater, in the establishment phase following translocation. Biol. Cons. 1999; 89: 329-339.
Njølstad PR, Feenstra B, Freathy RM. Regulation of placental growth is a complex interplay of maternal and fetal genomes. Nature Genetics 2023; 55:1786–1787.
Pasternak B, Feenstra B, Melbye M, Hviid A. Improving vaccine safety through a better understanding of vaccine adverse events. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015; 60(10):1586-1587.
Geller F, Feenstra B, Melbye M. No association between sex ratio of offspring and the mother’s age at menarche (letter to the editor). Hum Reprod. 2011; 26: 3202-3203