Article
The genetics of human obesity.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2013
Xia Qianghua, Grant Struan F A
Abstract excerpt
It has long been known that there is a genetic component to obesity, and that characterizing this underlying factor would likely offer the possibility of better intervention in the future. Monogenic obesity has proved to be relatively straightforward, with a combination of linkage analysis and mouse models facilitating the identification of multiple genes. In contrast, genome-wide association studies have...
Topics
- Animals
- Epigenomics
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Obesity