Anja Hollowell
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Anja Hollowell
@anjahollowell.bsky.social
PhD student at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social - researching the genetics of early temperament
Reposted by Anja Hollowell
🧬 👶 🐥 How do genes influence when a baby takes their first step?
Our colleague Prof Angelica Ronald explores this question in a fascinating new blog post on Psychology Today. Drawing on her team’s recent publ in #NatureHumanBehaviour and #NatureGenetics.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surr...
How Genes Influence the Timing of a Baby's First Step
The science behind motor milestones and learning to walk.
www.psychologytoday.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Anja Hollowell
Our gene discovery project on age at onset of walking is out today! Find the paper here www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge thanks to the cohorts, collaborators & coauthors, in particular first author Dr Anna Gui 1/n
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants of European ancestry - Nature Human Behaviour
A genome-wide association study of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants found 11 significant loci. Age at onset of walking showed SNP heritability of 24%, a reliable polygenic score and gene...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM