Common DNA variants predict tall stature in Europeans

Human Genetics

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 587-597

  Liu, Fan ^a   Hendriks, A Emile J ^b   Ralf, Arwin ^a   Boot, Annemieke M ^c   Benyi, Emelie ^d   Sävendahl, Lars ^d   Oostra, Ben A ^a   Van Duijn, Cornelia ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Drop, Stenvert L S ^b   Kayser, Manfred ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TALL STATURE;

BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84899656626     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1394-0     Document Type: Article

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