Twins and the mystery of missing heritability: The contribution of gene-environment interactions

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 272, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 440-448

  Kaprio, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gene environment interaction; Genome wide association studies; Missing heritability; Obesity; Physical activity; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84867237275     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2012.02587.x     Document Type: Review

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