A genome-wide scan for body mass index among Nigerian families

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-273

  Adeyemo, Adebowale ^a   Luke, Amy ^b   Cooper, Richard ^b   Wu, Xiaodong ^b   Tayo, Bamidele ^a   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^b   Rotimi, Charles ^c   Bouzekri, Nourdine ^d   Ward, Ryk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Genome wide scan; Linkage; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0042730267     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.40     Document Type: Article

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