Major gene control of human body height, weight and BMI in five ethnically different populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-322

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RUSSIA;

EID: 0032424068     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000348009800699X     Document Type: Article

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