A common variant of HMGA2 is associated with adult and childhood height in the general population.
Human height is a classic, highly heritable quantitative trait. To begin to identify genetic variants influencing height, we examined genome-wide association data from 4,921 individuals. Common variants in the HMGA2 oncogene, exemplified by rs1042725, were associated with height (P = 4 x 10(-8)). HM...
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| Materyal Türü: | Journal article |
| Dil: | English |
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2007
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