A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1569-1579

  Arya, Rector ^a,c   Demerath, Ellen ^d   Jenkinson, Christopher P ^a   Göring, Harald H H ^c   Puppala, Sobha ^c   Farook, Vidya ^c   Fowler, Sharon ^a   Schneider, Jennifer ^c   Granato, Richard ^a   Resendez, Roy G ^c   Dyer, Thomas D ^c   Cole, Shelley A ^c   Almasy, Laura ^c   Comuzzie, Anthony G ^c   Siervogel, Roger M ^d   Bradshaw, Benjamin ^b   DeFronzo, Ralph A ^a   MacCluer, Jean ^c   Stern, Michael P ^a   Towne, Bradford ^d   Blangero, John ^c   Duggirala, Ravindranath ^c   more..

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COLLAGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TERM BIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33745186854     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl076     Document Type: Article

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