Genetic linkage of human height is confirmed to 9q22 and Xq24

Human Genetics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-304

  Liu, Yao Zhong ^a,b   Xiao, Peng ^a,b   Guo, Yan Fang ^a,b,d   Xiong, Dong Hai ^a,b   Zhao, Lan Juan ^a,b   Shen, Hui ^a,b   Liu, Yong Jun ^a,b   Dvornyk, Volodymyr ^a,b,e   Long, Ji Rong ^a,b   Deng, Hong Yi ^a   Li, Jin Long ^f   Recker, Robert R ^a   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,b,c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT STATURE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33644998501     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-006-0136-y     Document Type: Article

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