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Unraveling the Associations Between Voice Pitch and Major Depressive Disorder: A Multisite Genetic Study

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By Yazheng Di, Elior Rahmani, Joel Mefford, Jinhan Wang
| medRxiv
The authors have declared no competing interest. This study was funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)(MH-122596) I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.
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Genetic association analysis of human median voice pitch identifies a common locus for tonal and non-tonal languages - Communications Biology

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By Yazheng Di, Joel Mefford, Elior Rahmani
| Nature Verified
Abstract The genetic influence on human vocal pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages remains largely unknown. In tonal languages, such as Mandarin Chinese, pitch changes differentiate word meanings, whereas in non-tonal languages, such as Icelandic, pitch is used to convey intonation.
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Characterizing the genetic architecture of drug response using gene-context interaction methods

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By Michal Sadowski, Mike Thompson, Joel Mefford, Tanushree Haldar
| medRxiv
The authors have declared no competing interest. This work was funded by National Institutes of Health, grants 1R01ES029929-01 to J.F.A. and N.Z., and R35GM150822 and K25HL157603 to A.W.D. I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.
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