Evidence of polygenic adaptation in the systems genetics of anthropometric traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Polimanti, Renato ^a,b   Yang, Bao Zhu ^a,b   Zhao, Hongyu ^a,c   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LIPID TRANSPORT; NATURAL SELECTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84984861456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160654     Document Type: Article

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