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SUBMITTER: Ochs-Balcom HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330255 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ochs-Balcom Heather M HM Shaw Holly H Preus Leah L Palmer Julie R JR Haddad Stephen A SA Rosenberg Lynn L Ruiz-Narváez Edward A EA
Human genetics 20180713 6-7
Several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with birth weight. To date, however, most GWAS of birth weight have focused primarily on European ancestry samples even though prevalence of low birth weight is higher among African-Americans. We conducted admixture mapping using 2918 ancestral informative markers in 2596 participants of the Black Women's Health Study, with the goal of identifying novel genomic regions where local African ancestry is assoc ...[more]