Genome-wide association approaches for identifying loci for human height genes

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Perola, Markus ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

body height; chromosome mapping; genes; genetic loci

Indexed keywords

FTO PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; OBESITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 79952519999     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.10.013     Document Type: Review

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