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Piecing together the FTO jigsaw.

Genome biology - 1 Jan 2011

Frayling Timothy M, Ong Ken

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Two recent studies of the FTO gene provide more information on how it affects body mass index.

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PMID: 21349207
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-2-104
PMCID: PMC3188788

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FTO

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