Genetics of human body size and shape: Pleiotropic and independent genetic determinants of adiposity

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-236

  Livshits, G ^a   Yakovenko, K ^a   Ginsburg, E ^a   Kobyliansky, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOMATOTYPE; TURKMENISTAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RUSSIA; SOMATOTYPES; TURKMENISTAN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032063166     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469800005592     Document Type: Article

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