The fat tail of obesity as told by the genome.

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Many genes affect pathways that predispose to and protect against obesity. We ask how many different variants affect human obesity and how common are they? RECENT FINDINGS: The current generation of genome-wide association scans is moderately powered to detect and replicate associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms, or common copy number variations and common diseases. They are not...

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