Multiple novel gene-by-environment interactions modify the effect of FTO variants on body mass index
Genetic studies have shown that obesity risk is heritable and that, of the many common variants now associated with body mass index (BMI), those in an intron of the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene have the largest effect. The size of the UK Biobank , and its joint measurement of genetic ,...
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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