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Cognitive function in adolescence: testing for interactions between breast-feeding and FADS2 polymorphisms.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2011
Martin Nicolas W, Benyamin Beben, Hansell Narelle K, Montgomery Grant W, Martin Nicholas G, Wright Margaret J, Bates Timothy C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Breast-fed C-allele carriers of the rs174575 single nucleotide polymorphism in the fatty acyl desaturase 2 (FADS2) gene have been reported to show a 6.4 to 7 IQ point advantage over formula-fed C-allele carriers, with no effect of breast-feeding in GG carriers. An Australian sample was examined to determine if an interaction between breast-feeding and the rs174575 single nucleotide polymorphism had...
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