FTO polymorphisms in oceanic populations

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1031-1035

  Ohashi, Jun ^a   Naka, Izumi ^a   Kimura, Ryosuke ^b   Natsuhara, Kazumi ^c   Yamauchi, Taro ^d   Furusawa, Takuro ^e   Nakazawa, Minato ^f   Ataka, Yuji ^g   Patarapotikul, Jintana ^h   Nuchnoi, Pornlada ^h   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^a   Ishida, Takafumi ^e   Inaoka, Tsukasa ⁱ   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^j   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Body mass index; FTO; Melanesian; Micronesian; Polynesian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MELANESIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 36448953082     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0198-2     Document Type: Article

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