FADS2 polymorphisms modify the effect of breastfeeding on child IQ

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Steer, Colin D ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Emmett, Pauline M ^a   Hibbeln, Joseph R ^b   Golding, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOTHER; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77955355848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011570     Document Type: Article

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