The genetics of pubertal timing in the general population: Recent advances and evidence for sex-specificity

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-65

  Cousminer, Diana L ^a   Widén, Elisabeth ^b   Palmert, Mark R ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genome wide association; Pubertal timing; Sex specificity

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; EPIGENETICS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PUBERTY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84952628354     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000213     Document Type: Article

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