Heritabilities of somatotype components in a population from rural Mozambique

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 642-646

  Saranga, Sílvio Pedro José ^a,c   Prista, António ^a   Nhantumbo, Leonardo ^a   Beunen, Gaston ^b   Rocha, Jorge ^c   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^d   Maia, José A ^c  

^a Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOTYPE; GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 58849121073     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20733     Document Type: Article

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