The human microbiome and the missing heritability problem

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Sandoval Motta, Santiago ^a   Aldana, Maximino ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a   Frank, Alejandro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

GWAS (genome wide association studies); Holobiont ecology; Microbiome; Missing heritability; MWAS (metagenome wide association studies)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CROHN DISEASE; DYSBIOSIS; EPIGENETICS; EPISTASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERITABILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN MICROBIOME; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; METAGENOME; METAGENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; METHYLATION; MICROBIOME; MISSING HERITABILITY; OBESITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85021202263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00080     Document Type: Article

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