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[The study of FTO rs9939609-gene polymorphism in the Sverdlovsk Region].
Voprosy pitaniia - 1 Jan 2012
Baturin A K, Sorokina E Iu, Pogozheva A V, Anokhina O V, Tutel'ian V A
Abstract excerpt
Recently independent studies, including genome-wide scans, have shown that the rs9939609 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the first intron of the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene were significantly associated with obesity in populations of European origin, in certain Asian (e.g.,Japanese and Chinese) and African American populations. In this study we examined the association between rs9939609 FTO...
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