Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms have negligible effect on human height

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 488-494

  Macgregor, Stuart ^a   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^c   Lind, Penelope A ^a   Suchiman, H Eka D ^b   Willemsen, Gonneke ^c   Slagboom, P Eline ^b   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Australian twins; Dutch twins; Polygenic; Stature; VDR

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 56749186098     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.5.488     Document Type: Article

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