From GWAS to biology: Lessons from FTO

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1220, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-171

  Tung, Yi Chun Loraine ^a   Yeo, Giles S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food intake; FTO; Gene; GWAS; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952474482     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05903.x     Document Type: Article

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