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SUBMITTER: Zhao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2894790 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Jianhua J Li Mingyao M Bradfield Jonathan P JP Zhang Haitao H Mentch Frank D FD Wang Kai K Sleiman Patrick M PM Kim Cecilia E CE Glessner Joseph T JT Hou Cuiping C Keating Brendan J BJ Thomas Kelly A KA Garris Maria L ML Deliard Sandra S Frackelton Edward C EC Otieno F George FG Chiavacci Rosetta M RM Berkowitz Robert I RI Hakonarson Hakon H Grant Struan F A SF
BMC medical genetics 20100614
<h4>Background</h4>Human height is considered highly heritable and correlated with certain disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cancer. Despite environmental influences, genetic factors are known to play an important role in stature determination. A number of genetic determinants of adult height have already been established through genome wide association studies.<h4>Methods</h4>To examine 51 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) corresponding to the 46 previously reported genomic loci for h ...[more]