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A quantitative trait locus on 13q14.2 for trunk strength.
Twin research : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Dec 2004
Huygens Wim, Thomis Martine A, Peeters Maarten W, Aerssens Jeroen, Janssen Rob G J H, Vlietinck Robert F, Beunen Gaston
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Previous findings show strong evidence for the role of retinoblastoma (Rb) in myoblast proliferation and differentiation. However, it is not known whether variation in the retinoblastoma gene (RB1 ) is responsible for normal variation in human muscle strength. Therefore, a linkage analysis for quantitative traits was performed on 329 young male siblings from 146 families with muscle strength, using a polymorphic...
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