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Ethnic differentiation of copy number variation on chromosome 16p12.3 for association with obesity phenotypes in European and Chinese populations.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Feb 2013
Yang T-L, Guo Y, Li S M, Li S K, Tian Q, Liu Y-J, Deng H-W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Genomic copy number variations (CNVs) have been strongly implicated as important genetic factors for obesity. A recent genome-wide association study identified a novel variant, rs12444979, which is in high linkage disequilibrium with CNV 16p12.3, for association with obesity in Europeans. The aim of this study was to directly examine the relationship between the CNV 16p12.3 and obesity phenotypes,...
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