Mega-analysis of 31,396 individuals from 6 countries uncovers strong gene-environment interaction for human fertility

uncovers strong gene-environment interaction for human fertility Felix C. Tropf, Renske M. Verweij, Peter J. van der Most, Gert Stulp, Andrew Bakshi, Daniel A. Briley, Matthew Robinson, Anastasia Nyman, Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu, Sarah E. Medland, Nicholas G. Martin, Harold Snieder, S. Hong Lee , Melinda C. Mills Department of Sociology/ Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UQ, UK Department of Sociology/Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, Groningen 9712 TG, The Netherlands Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9700 RB, Netherlands. Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK The University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign 618209998, USA Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, 51010 , 140 Cambridge 02142, MA, USA Quantitative Genetics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia School of Environmental and Rural Science, The University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, Australia Corresponding author: Felix C. Tropf, Manor Rd, Ox1 3UQ, +44 (0) 1865 28 17 40, [email protected]