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  • Ophthalmic Phenotypes and the Representativeness of Twin Data for the General Population.
    Sanfilippo PG, Medland SE, Hewitt AW, Kearns LS, Ruddle JB, Sun C, Hammond CJ, Young TL, Martin NG, Mackey DA. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print
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  • Classification of iris colour: review and refinement of a classification schema.
    Mackey DA, Wilkinson CH, Kearns LS, Hewitt AW. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2010 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Four novel Loci (19q13, 6q24, 12q24, and 5q14) influence the microcirculation in vivo.
    Ikram MK, Sim X, Jensen RA, Cotch MF, Hewitt AW, Ikram MA, Wang JJ, Klein R, Klein BE, Breteler MM, Cheung N, Liew G, Mitchell P, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Hofman A, de Jong PT, van Duijn CM, Kao L, Cheng CY, Smith AV, Glazer NL, Lumley T, McKnight B, Psaty BM, Jonasson F, Eiriksdottir G, Aspelund T; Global BPgen Consortium, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Taylor KD, Li X, Iyengar SK, Xi Q, Sivakumaran TA, Mackey DA, Macgregor S, Martin NG, Young TL, Bis JC, Wiggins KL, Heckbert SR, Hammond CJ, Andrew T, Fahy S, Attia J, Holliday EG, Scott RJ, Islam FM, Rotter JI, McAuley AK, Boerwinkle E, Tai ES, Gudnason V, Siscovick DS, Vingerling JR, Wong TY. PLoS Genet. 2010 Oct 28;6(10):e1001184.
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  • Associations of birth weight with ocular biometry, refraction, and glaucomatous endophenotypes: the Australian Twins Eye Study.
    Sun C, Ponsonby AL, Brown SA, Kearns LS, Mackinnon JR, Barbour JM, Ruddle JB, Hewitt AW, Wright MJ, Martin NG, Dwyer T, Mackey DA. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Dec;150(6):909-16.
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  • The heritability of ocular traits.
    Sanfilippo PG, Hewitt AW, Hammond CJ, Mackey DA. Surv Ophthalmol. 2010 Nov-Dec;55(6):561-83. Review.
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  • A genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for refractive errors and myopia at 15q14.
    Solouki AM, Verhoeven VJ, van Duijn CM, Verkerk AJ, Ikram MK, Hysi PG, Despriet DD, van Koolwijk LM, Ho L, Ramdas WD, Czudowska M, Kuijpers RW, Amin N, Struchalin M, Aulchenko YS, van Rij G, Riemslag FC, Young TL, Mackey DA, Spector TD, Gorgels TG, Willemse-Assink JJ, Isaacs A, Kramer R, Swagemakers SM, Bergen AA, van Oosterhout AA, Oostra BA, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, de Jong PT, Hammond CJ, Vingerling JR, Klaver CC. Nat Genet. 2010 Oct;42(10):897-901.
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  • Common variants near CAV1 and CAV2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma.
    Thorleifsson G, Walters GB, Hewitt AW, Masson G, Helgason A, DeWan A, Sigurdsson A, Jonasdottir A, Gudjonsson SA, Magnusson KP, Stefansson H, Lam DS, Tam PO, Gudmundsdottir GJ, Southgate L, Burdon KP, Gottfredsdottir MS, Aldred MA, Mitchell P, St Clair D, Collier DA, Tang N, Sveinsson O, Macgregor S, Martin NG, Cree AJ, Gibson J, Macleod A, Jacob A, Ennis S, Young TL, Chan JC, Karwatowski WS, Hammond CJ, Thordarson K, Zhang M, Wadelius C, Lotery AJ, Trembath RC, Pang CP, Hoh J, Craig JE, Kong A, Mackey DA, Jonasson F, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K. Nat Genet. 2010 Oct;42(10):906-9.
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  • A genome-wide association study for myopia and refractive error identifies a susceptibility locus at 15q25.
    Hysi PG, Young TL, Mackey DA, Andrew T, Fernández-Medarde A, Solouki AM, Hewitt AW, Macgregor S, Vingerling JR, Li YJ, Ikram MK, Fai LY, Sham PC, Manyes L, Porteros A, Lopes MC, Carbonaro F, Fahy SJ, Martin NG, van Duijn CM, Spector TD, Rahi JS, Santos E, Klaver CC, Hammond CJ. Nat Genet. 2010 Oct;42(10):902-5.
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  • Automated quantification of inherited phenotypes from color images: a twin study of the variability of optic nerve head shape.
    Tang L, Scheetz TE, Mackey DA, Hewitt AW, Fingert JH, Kwon YH, Quellec G, Reinhardt JM, Abràmoff MD. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Nov;51(11):5870-7.
    (click to view publication reference at Entrez PubMed)
  • Common genetic variants near the Brittle Cornea Syndrome locus ZNF469 influence the blinding disease risk factor central corneal thickness.
    Lu Y, Dimasi DP, Hysi PG, Hewitt AW, Burdon KP, Toh T, Ruddle JB, Li YJ, Mitchell P, Healey PR, Montgomery GW, Hansell N, Spector TD, Martin NG, Young TL, Hammond CJ, Macgregor S, Craig JE, Mackey DA. PLoS Genet. 2010 May 13;6(5):e1000947.
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  • Digital quantification of human eye color highlights genetic association of three new loci.
    Liu F, Wollstein A, Hysi PG, Ankra-Badu GA, Spector TD, Park D, Zhu G, Larsson M, Duffy DL, Montgomery GW, Mackey DA, Walsh S, Lao O, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Vingerling JR, Uitterlinden AG, Martin NG, Hammond CJ, Kayser M. PLoS Genet. 2010 May 6;6(5):e1000934.
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  • Genome-wide association identifies ATOH7 as a major gene determining human optic disc size.
    Macgregor S, Hewitt AW, Hysi PG, Ruddle JB, Medland SE, Henders AK, Gordon SD, Andrew T, McEvoy B, Sanfilippo PG, Carbonaro F, Tah V, Li YJ, Bennett SL, Craig JE, Montgomery GW, Tran-Viet KN, Brown NL, Spector TD, Martin NG, Young TL, Hammond CJ, Mackey DA. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Jul 1;19(13):2716-24.
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  • Comparison of three methods of intraocular pressure measurement and their relation to central corneal thickness.
    Carbonaro F, Andrew T, Mackey DA, Spector TD, Hammond CJ. Eye (Lond). 2010 Jul;24(7):1165-70.
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  • Twins eye study in Tasmania (TEST): rationale and methodology to recruit and examine twins.
    Mackey DA, Mackinnon JR, Brown SA, Kearns LS, Ruddle JB, Sanfilippo PG, Sun C, Hammond CJ, Young TL, Martin NG, Hewitt AW. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2009 Oct;12(5):441-54.
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  • Quantitative genetic analysis of the retinal vascular caliber: the Australian Twins Eye Study.
    Sun C, Zhu G, Wong TY, Hewitt AW, Ruddle JB, Hodgson L, Montgomery GW, Young TL, Hammond CJ, Craig JE, Martin NG, He M, Mackey DA. Hypertension. 2009 Oct;54(4):788-95.
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  • Optic disc morphology--rethinking shape.
    Sanfilippo PG, Cardini A, Hewitt AW, Crowston JG, Mackey DA. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2009 Jul;28(4):227-48. Review.
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  • Repeated measures of intraocular pressure result in higher heritability and greater power in genetic linkage studies.
    Carbonaro F, Andrew T, Mackey DA, Young TL, Spector TD, Hammond CJ. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Nov;50(11):5115-9.
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  • Effect of birth parameters on retinal vascular caliber: the Twins Eye Study in Tasmania.
    Sun C, Ponsonby AL, Wong TY, Brown SA, Kearns LS, Cochrane J, MacKinnon JR, Ruddle JB, Hewitt AW, Liew G, Dwyer T, Scurrah K, Mackey DA. Hypertension. 2009 Mar;53(3):487-93.
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  • Genetic influences on handedness: data from 25,732 Australian and Dutch twin families.
    Medland SE, Duffy DL, Wright MJ, Geffen GM, Hay DA, Levy F, van-Beijsterveldt CE, Willemsen G, Townsend GC, White V, Hewitt AW, Mackey DA, Bailey JM, Slutske WS, Nyholt DR, Treloar SA, Martin NG, Boomsma DI. Neuropsychologia. 2009 Jan;47(2):330-7.
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  • Heritability of intraocular pressure: a classical twin study.
    Carbonaro F, Andrew T, Mackey DA, Spector TD, Hammond CJ. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Aug;92(8):1125-8.
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  • The heritability of corneal hysteresis and ocular pulse amplitude: a twin study.
    Carbonaro F, Andrew T, Mackey DA, Spector TD, Hammond CJ. Ophthalmology. 2008 Sep;115(9):1545-9.
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  • Heritability of the iridotrabecular angle width measured by optical coherence tomography in Chinese children: the Guangzhou twin eye study.
    He M, Ge J, Wang D, Zhang J, Hewitt AW, Hur YM, Mackey DA, Foster PJ. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Apr;49(4):1356-61.
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  • Heritability of anterior chamber depth as an intermediate phenotype of angle-closure in Chinese: the Guangzhou Twin Eye Study.
    He M, Wang D, Zheng Y, Zhang J, Yin Q, Huang W, Mackey DA, Foster PJ. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Jan;49(1):81-6.
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  • Genetic dissection of myopia: evidence for linkage of ocular axial length to chromosome 5q.
    Zhu G, Hewitt AW, Ruddle JB, Kearns LS, Brown SA, Mackinnon JR, Chen CY, Hammond CJ, Craig JE, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Mackey DA. Ophthalmology. 2008 Jun;115(6):1053-1057.e2.
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  • Heritable features of the optic disc: a novel twin method for determining genetic significance.
    Hewitt AW, Poulsen JP, Alward WL, Bennett SL, Budde WM, Cooper RL, Craig JE, Fingert JH, Foster PJ, Garway-Heath DF, Green CM, Hammond CJ, Hayreh SS, Jonas JB, Kaufman PL, Miller NR, Morgan WH, Newman NJ, Quigley HA, Samples JR, Spaeth GL, Pesudovs K, Mackey DA. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Jun;48(6):2469-75.
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  • Central corneal thickness is highly heritable: the twin eye studies.
    Toh T, Liew SH, MacKinnon JR, Hewitt AW, Poulsen JL, Spector TD, Gilbert CE, Craig JE, Hammond CJ, Mackey DA.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Oct;46(10):3718-22.
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  • Post-cycloplegia myopic shift in an older population.
    Toh T, Kearns LS, Scotter LW, Mackey DA.
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005 Jun;12(3):215-9.
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Presentations

  • Genetic Influence on Intraocular Pressure: The Twins Eye Study in Tasmania
    ARVO 2006: 178/B95
    L.S. Kearns; J.R. MacKinnon; A.W. Hewitt; S. Shekar; S.A. Brown; J.L. Pouslen; C.J. Hammond; O. Bigault; N.G. Martin; D.A. Mackey.
  • Environmental Factors and Childhood Vision; the Twins Eye Study in Tasmania
    ARVO 2006: 711/B632
    D.A. Mackey, A. Ponsonby;, S.A. Brown; L.S. Kearns; J.R. Mackinnon; L.W. Scotter; J.A. Cochrane.
  • High Heritability of Refractive Error and Axial Length
    ARVO 2006: 3261/B731
    O.J. Bigault; S. Shekar; S.A. Brown; J.L. Pouslen; L.S. Kearns; A.W. Hewitt; N.G. Martin; C.J. Hammond; D.A. Mackey.
  • Ocular and Non-Ocular Influences on Optic Disc, Cup and Neuroretinal Rim Areas - The Australian Twin Eye Study
    ARVO 2006: 3445/B978
    J. Loensmann; T.Y. Toh; J.R. MacKinnon; A.W. Hewitt; L.S. Kearns; L.S. Scotter; C.J. Hammond; N.G. Martin; D.A. Mackey.
  • The Heritability of the Interpupillary Distance
    ARVO 2006: 5822/B933
    J.B. Ruddle; A.W. Hewitt; L.S. Kearns; J.R. MacKinnon; S.A. Brown; N.G. Martin; D.A. Mackey.
  • Heritability of Optic Disc Morphology in the Australian Twins Eye Studies
    ARVO 2005: 1092
    J.L. Poulsen; S.A. Brown; L.S. Kearns; L.W. Scotter; A.W. Hewitt; J.R. MacKinnon; T.Y. Toh; C.J. Hammond; D.A. Mackey.
  • High Heritability of Central Corneal Thickness - The Twin Eye Studies
    ARVO 2005: 1093
    T.Y. Toh; M.S.H.M. Liew; A.W. Hewitt; J.R. MacKinnon; J.L. Poulsen; T.D. Spector; C.E. Gilbert; J.E. Craig; D.A. Mackey; C.J. Hammond.
  • Cilioretinal vessels in adult twins.
    ARVO 2004: 2728/B363
    D.A. Mackey; J.L. Poulsen; J.R. MacKinnon; S.A. Brown; L.S. Kearns; L.W. Scotter.
  • Genetic influence on intraocular pressure in children: the Twins Eye Study in Tasmania.
    ARVO 2004: 4390/B851
    J.R. MacKinnon; S.A. Brown; J.L. Pouslen; C.J. Hammond; L.S. Kearns; L.W. Scotter; D.A. Mackey.
  • Analysis of Optic Discs From the Adult Twin Eye Study in Tasmania.
    ARVO 2003: 1126/B22
    J.L. Poulsen; J.R. MacKinnon; S.A. Brown; J. Scourfield; J.E. Morgan; D.A. Mackey.
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