Notes from Beethoven's genome

被引:3
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作者
Wesseldijk, Laura W. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Henechowicz, Tara L. [4 ,5 ]
Baker, David J. [6 ]
Bignardi, Giacomo [7 ,8 ]
Karlsson, Robert [9 ]
Gordon, Reyna L. [10 ,11 ,12 ,13 ]
Mosing, Miriam A. [1 ,3 ,9 ,14 ]
Ullen, Fredrik [1 ,3 ]
Fisher, Simon E. [7 ,15 ]
机构
[1] Karolinska Inst, Dept Neurosci, Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Dept Psychiat, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Max Planck Inst Empir Aesthet, Dept Cognit Neuropsychol, Frankfurt, Germany
[4] Univ Toronto, Fac Mus, Mus & Hlth Sci Res Collaboratory, Toronto, ON, Canada
[5] Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Krembil Ctr Neuroinformat, Toronto, ON, Canada
[6] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Log Language & Computat, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[7] Max Planck Inst Psycholinguist, Language & Genet Dept, Nijmegen, Netherlands
[8] Max Planck Sch Cognit, Leipzig, Germany
[9] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden
[10] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Nashville, TN USA
[11] Vanderbilt Univ, Blair Sch Mus, Nashville, TN USA
[12] Vanderbilt Univ, Vanderbilt Genet Inst, Nashville, TN USA
[13] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Hearing & Speech Sci, Nashville, TN USA
[14] Univ Melbourne, Fac Med Dent & Hlth Sci, Melbourne Sch Psychol Sci, Melbourne, Australia
[15] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Donders Inst Brain Cognit & Behav, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.025
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Rapid advances over the last decade in DNA sequencing and statistical genetics enable us to investigate the genomic makeup of individuals throughout history. In a recent notable study, Begg et al.1 used Ludwig van Beethoven's hair strands for genome sequencing and explored genetic predispositions for some of his documented medical issues. Given that it was arguably Beethoven's skills as a musician and composer that made him an iconic figure in Western culture, we here extend the approach and apply it to musicality. We use this as an example to illustrate the broader challenges of individual-level genetic predictions. © 2024 The Author(s)
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页码:R233 / R234
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