Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McQuillan, Ruth ^a   Eklund, Niina ^b,c   Pirastu, Nicola ^d   Kuningas, Maris ^e   McEvoy, Brian P ^f   Esko, Tõnu ^g,h   Corre, Tanguy ⁱ   Davies, Gail ^a   Kaakinen, Marika ^j   Lyytikäinen, Leo Pekka ^k,l   Kristiansson, Kati ^b,c   Havulinna, Aki S ^c   Gögele, Martin ^m   Vitart, Veronique ⁿ   Tenesa, Albert ^n,o   Aulchenko, Yurii ^e   Hayward, Caroline ⁿ   Johansson, Åsa ^p   Boban, Mladen ^q   Ulivi, Sheila ^r   Robino, Antonietta ^d   Boraska, Vesna ^s   Igl, Wilmar ^p   Wild, Sarah H ^a   Zgaga, Lina ^a,t   Amin, Najaf ^e   Theodoratou, Evropi ^a   Polašek, Ozren ^q,u   Girotto, Giorgia ^d   Lopez, Lorna M ^a   Sala, Cinzia ⁱ   Lahti, Jari ^b   Laatikainen, Tiina ^c   Prokopenko, Inga ^v,w   Kals, Mart ^g   Viikari, Jorma ^x,y   Yang, Jian ^f   Pouta, Anneli ^c   Estrada, Karol ^e,z   Hofman, Albert ^e,z   Freimer, Nelson ^aa,ab   Martin, Nicholas G ^f   Kähönen, Mika ^k,l   Milani, Lili ^g   Heliövaara, Markku ^ac   Vartiainen, Erkki ^c   Räikkönen, Katri ^b   Masciullo, Corrado ⁱ   Starr, John M ^a   Hicks, Andrew A ^m   Esposito, Laura ^ad   Kolčić, Ivana ^q,u   Farrington, Susan M ^a   Oostra, Ben ^e   Zemunik, Tatijana ^s   Campbell, Harry ^a   Kirin, Mirna ^a   Pehlic, Marina ^s   Faletra, Flavio ^r   Porteous, David ^a   Pistis, Giorgio ⁱ   Widén, Elisabeth ^b   Salomaa, Veikko ^c   Koskinen, Seppo ^c   Fischer, Krista ^g   Lehtimäki, Terho ^k,l   Heath, Andrew ^ae   McCarthy, Mark I ^v,w,af   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^e,z   Montgomery, Grant W ^f   Tiemeier, Henning ^e,z   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^j   Madden, Pamela A F ^ae   d'Adamo, Pio ^d   Hastie, Nicholas D ⁿ   Gyllensten, Ulf ^p   Wright, Alan F ⁿ   van Duijn, Cornelia M ^e,z   Dunlop, Malcolm ^a   Rudan, Igor ^a   Gasparini, Paolo ^d   Pramstaller, Peter P ^m,ag,ah   Deary, Ian J ^a   Toniolo, Daniela ^i,ai   Eriksson, Johan G ^b,c,aj,ak   Jula, Antti ^c   Raitakari, Olli T ^x,al   Metspalu, Andres ^g,h   Perola, Markus ^b,c,g   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^c,j,am   Uitterlinden, André ^e,z   Visscher, Peter M ^f   Wilson, James F ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^k TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^l TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^m INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^p UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^r INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^v UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^x TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^z Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ac National Public Health Institute Helsinki and Turku   (Finland)

^ad CBM scrl Genomics Area Science Park   (Italy)

^ae WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ag General Central Hospital   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^ai CNR   (Italy)

^aj HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ak FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^al UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^am IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SEX; SHORT STATURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CONSANGUINITY; DATABASES, GENETIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84864581394     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002655     Document Type: Article

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