Defining the genetic architecture of the predisposition to obesity: A challenging but not insurmountable task

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 74049088216     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28933     Document Type: Editorial

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