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Genetics of food intake and eating behavior phenotypes in humans.
Annual review of nutrition - 1 Jan 2006
Rankinen Tuomo, Bouchard Claude
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This review summarizes the research advances of the past decade regarding the role of human genetic differences in energy and nutrient intake as well as in eating behavior phenotypes and selected eating disorders. The evidence for familial aggregation and heritability based on twin and nuclear family study designs is summarized. Genome-wide linkage scans and quantitative trait loci identified to date are...
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