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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Day FR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309186 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuroendocrinology 20150507 4
Understanding the regulation of puberty timing has relevance to developmental and human biology and to the pathogenesis of various diseases. Recent large-scale genome-wide association studies on puberty timing and adult height, body mass index (BMI) and central body shape provide evidence for shared biological mechanisms that regulate these traits. There is a substantial genetic overlap between age at menarche in women and BMI, with almost invariable directional consistency with the epidemiologi ...[more]