Possible genomic imprinting of three human obesity-related genetic loci

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-437

  Dong, Chuanhui ^a   Li, Wei Dong ^a   Geller, Frank ^b   Lei, Lei ^c   Li, Ding ^a   Gorlova, Olga Y ^c   Hebebrand, Johannes ^b   Amos, Christopher I ^c   Nicholls, Robert D ^a   Price, R Arlen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 13Q; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844253255     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428438     Document Type: Article

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