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Novel common copy number variation for early onset extreme obesity on chromosome 11q11 identified by a genome-wide analysis.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Feb 2011
Jarick Ivonne, Vogel Carla I G, Scherag Susann, Schäfer Helmut, Hebebrand Johannes, Hinney Anke, Scherag André
Abstract excerpt
Heritability of obesity is substantial and recent meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been successful in detecting several robustly associated genomic regions for obesity using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, taken together, the SNPs explain only a small proportion of the overall heritability. Copy number variations (CNVs) might contribute to the 'missing heritability'....
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