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A quantitative trait locus for body fat on chromosome 1q43 in French Canadians: linkage and association studies.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Sept 2006
Aissani Brahim, Perusse Louis, Lapointe Gilles, Chagnon Yvon C, Bouchard Luigi, Walts Brandon, Bouchard Claude
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on human chromosome 1q affecting BMI, adiposity, and fat-free mass phenotypes in the Quebec Family Study cohort. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Non-parametric sibpair and variance component linkage analyses and family-based association studies were performed with a dense set of chromosome 1q43 microsatellites and single-nucleotide polymorphism markers in...
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