Signatures of Natural Selection at the FTO (Fat Mass and Obesity Associated) Locus in Human Populati...
Signatures of Natural Selection at the FTO (Fat Mass and Obesity Associated) Locus in Human Populations
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Polymorphisms in the first intron of FTO have been robustly replicated for associations with obesity. In the Sorbs, a Slavic population resident in Germany, the strongest effect on body mass index (BMI) was found for a variant in the third intron of FTO (rs17818902). Since this may indicate population specific effects of FTO variants, we initiated...
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Signatures of Natural Selection at the FTO (Fat Mass and Obesity Associated) Locus in Human Populations
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1656452400
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1656452400
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0117093
