A study of linkage and association of body mass index in the Old Order Amish

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 121 C, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-80

  Platte, Petra ^a   Papanicolaou, George J ^b   Johnston, Jennifer J ^b   Klein, Claudia M ^c   Doheny, Kimberly F ^d   Pugh, Elizabeth W ^g   Roy Gagnon, Marie Helene ^b   Stunkard, Albert J ^e   Francomano, Clair A ^f   Wilson, Alexander F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g National Institutes of Health ^*

Author keywords

Association; Body mass index; Linkage

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 10744228132     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.20005     Document Type: Article

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