Body mass index and breast size in women: Same or different genes?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 450-454

  Wade, Tracey D ^a   Zhu, Gu ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivariate Cholesky; Body mass index; Breast size; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77958096447     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.5.450     Document Type: Article

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