Phenome-wide heritability analysis of the UK Biobank

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Ge, Tian ^a,b   Chen, Chia Yen ^a,b   Neale, Benjamin M ^a,b   Sabuncu, Mert R ^a,c   Smoller, Jordan W ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85018389876     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006711     Document Type: Article

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