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Linkage and Genome-wide Association Analysis of Obesity-related Phenotypes: Association of Weight With the MGAT1 Gene
Obesity, 11/02/09

Johansson A et al. – The results show that genetic effects influencing weight and BMI are shared across diverse European populations, even though some of these populations have experienced recent population bottlenecks and/or been affected by genetic drift. The analysis enabled to identify a new candidate gene, MGAT1, associated with weight in women.

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