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A common mitchondrial DNA variant is associated with thinness in mothers and their 20-yr-old offspring.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2005
Parker Ellen, Phillips D I W, Cockington Richard A, Cull Carole, Poulton Jo
Abstract excerpt
A common mitochondrial (mt)DNA variant that is maternally inherited, the 16189 variant, is associated with type 2 diabetes and thinness at birth. To elucidate the association of the variant with thinness, we studied the 16189 variant in a well-characterized Australian cohort (n = 161) who were followed up from birth to age 20 yr. PCR analysis and mtDNA haplotyping was carried out on DNA from 161 offspring from...
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