Regional variation in health is predominantly driven by lifestyle rather than genetics
Health-related traits are known to vary geographically. Here, Amador and colleagues show that regional variation of obesity-related traits in a Scottish population is influenced more by lifestyle differences than it is by genetic differences.
Main Authors: | Carmen Amador, Charley Xia, Réka Nagy, Archie Campbell, David Porteous, Blair H. Smith, Nick Hastie, Veronique Vitart, Caroline Hayward, Pau Navarro, Chris S. Haley |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-10-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00497-5 |
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