Hannah Sallis

Mar 18, 2023 | nature.com | Eshim S. Jami |Anke R Hammerschlag |Hannah Sallis |Ole A. Andreassen |Pål R. Njølstad |David Evans | +3 more

AbstractParental genes may indirectly influence offspring psychiatric outcomes through the environment that parents create for their children. These indirect genetic effects, also known as genetic nurture, could explain individual differences in common internalising and externalising psychiatric symptoms during childhood. Advanced statistical genetic methods leverage data from families to estimate the overall contribution of parental genetic nurture effects.