Genetics of human body size and shape: Evidence for an oligogenic control of adiposity

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-87

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0032951045     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282994     Document Type: Article

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