Gene-environment equivalence:The fundamental principle of Mendelian randomization
The explosion of Mendelian Randomization (MR) submissions of dubious quality to journals globally is well recognized. Contributing to this deluge of publications may be the poor understanding among practitioners, reviewers and editors of gene-environment equivalence, the fundamental principle of MR.
Authors
- George Davey Smith
- Shah Ebrahim
- Gibran Hemani
Institutions
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol)
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- Primary Topic
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00