Common polymorphic variation in the genetically diverse African insulin gene and its association with size at birth

Human Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-384

  Petry, Clive J ^a   Rayco Solon, Pura ^b   Fulford, Anthony J C ^b,c   Stead, John D H ^e,f   Wingate, Dianne L ^a   Ong, Ken K ^g   Sirugo, Giorgio ^c,d   Prentice, Andrew M ^b,c   Dunger, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GAMBIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALLELES; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DNA PRIMERS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70349322843     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0681-2     Document Type: Article

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