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See Latest ArticlesIs the thrifty genotype hypothesis supported by evidence based on confirmed type 2 diabetes- and obesity-susceptibility variants
Diabetologia - Clinical and Experimental Diabetes and Metabolism, 06/30/09
Zeggini E et al. - The authors' results provide some evidence for selection at specific loci, but there are no consistent patterns of selection that provide conclusive confirmation of the thrifty genotype hypothesis. Discovery of more signals and more causal variants for type 2 diabetes and obesity is likely to allow more detailed examination of these issues.
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