Twin studies advance the understanding of gene-environment interplay in human nutrigenomics

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-251

  Pallister, Tess ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Menni, Cristina ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heritability; Nutrition; Omics; Twins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CALORIC INTAKE; EPIGENETICS; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIOME; NUTRIGENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

DIET; DISEASES IN TWINS; FOOD HABITS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS;

EID: 84921919821     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095442241400016X     Document Type: Review

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