Variation at Diabetes-and Obesity-associated loci may mirror neutral patterns of human population diversity and diabetes prevalence in India

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 392-408

  Raj, Srilakshmi M ^a,f   Halebeedu, Pradeep ^b   Kadandale, Jayarama S ^c   Lahr, Marta Mirazon ^d   Romero, Irene Gallego ^e   Yadhav, Jamuna R ^c   Iliescu, Mircea ^f   Rai, Niraj ^g   Crivellaro, Federica ^d   Chaubey, Gyaneshwer ^h   Villems, Richard ^h   Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^g,i   Muniyappa, Kalappagowda ⁱ   Chandra, H Sharat ^c   Kivisild, Toomas ^f,h  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c Centre for Human Genetics   (India)

^d Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies   (United Kingdom)

^e THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Division of Biological Anthropology   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Human genetic variation; India; Obesity; Population genetics; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE 1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

HUMAN GENETIC VARIATION; INDIA; OBESITY; POPULATION GENETICS; TYPE 2 DIABETES;

ALLELES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84893001541     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12028     Document Type: Article

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