Multicenter dizygotic twin cohort study confirms two linkage susceptibility loci for body mass index at 3q29 and 7q36 and identifies three further potential novel loci

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1235-1242

  Kettunen, J ^a,b,c   Perola, M ^b,c,d   Martin, N G ^e   Cornes, B K ^e   Wilson, S G ^f,g   Montgomery, G W ^e   Benyamin, B ^e   Harris, J R ^h   Boomsma, D ⁱ   Willemsen, G ⁱ   Hottenga, J J ⁱ   Slagboom, P E ^j   Christensen, K ^k   Kyvik, K O ^k   Sorensen T I A ^l   Pedersen, N L ^m   Magnusson, P K E ^m   Andrew, T ^f   Spector, T D ^f   Widen, E ^c   Silventoinen, K ^d   Kaprio, J ^b,c,d   Palotie, A ^a,c,n   Peltonen, L ^a,b,c,d,n   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^l The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁿ BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dizygotic twins; Genetic linkage; Heritability; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; GENETIC LINKAGE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

EID: 70450257633     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.168     Document Type: Article

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