Sex stratified analyses enable new genetic insights into brain imaging phenotypes
Nannan Zhang, Shaoying Wang, Jilian Fu, Yuan Ji, Nana Liu, Qian Qian, Hui Xue, Hao Ding, Meng Liang, Wen Qin, Jiayuan Xu, C YU
The paper performs sex-stratified genetic analyses of neuroimaging phenotypes, finding new associations and improving heritability estimates when analyzing males and females separately.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2026 · PreprintGenetics