Evaluation of genetic loci influencing adult height in the Japanese population

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 749-752

  Takeuchi, Fumihiko ^a   Nabika, Toru ^b   Isono, Masato ^a   Katsuya, Tomohiro ^c   Sugiyama, Takao ^d   Yamaguchi, Shuhei ^b   Kobayashi, Shotai ^b   Yamori, Yukio ^e   Ogihara, Toshio ^f   Kato, Norihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^e MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association; Height; Japanese; SNP

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 73649143874     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.99     Document Type: Article

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