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Polymorphisms in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene are associated with variation in vertebral bone mass, vertebral bone size, and stature in whites.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2004
Ferrari Serge L, Deutsch Samuel, Choudhury Urmila, Chevalley Thierry, Bonjour Jean-Philippe, Dermitzakis Emmanouil T, Rizzoli Rene, Antonarakis Stylianos E
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Stature, bone size, and bone mass are interrelated traits with high heritability, but the major genes that govern these phenotypes remain unknown. Independent genomewide quantitative-trait locus studies have suggested a locus for bone-mineral density and stature at chromosome 11q12-13, a region h...
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