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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of adult height in East Asians identifies 17 novel loci.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Mar 2015
He Meian, Xu Min, Zhang Ben, Liang Jun, Chen Peng, Lee Jong-Young, Johnson Todd A, Li Huaixing, Yang Xiaobo, Dai Juncheng, Liang Liming, Gui Lixuan, Qi Qibin, Huang Jinyan, Li Yanping, Adair Linda S, Aung Tin, Cai Qiuyin, Cheng Ching-Yu, Cho Myeong-Chan, Cho Yoon Shin, Chu Minjie, Cui Bin, Gao Yu-Tang, Go Min Jin, Gu Dongfeng, Gu Weiqiong, Guo Huan, Hao Yongchen, Hong Jie, Hu Zhibin, Hu Yanling, Huang Jianfeng, Hwang Joo-Yeon, Ikram Mohammad Kamran, Jin Guangfu, Kang Dae-Hee, Khor Chiea Chuen, Kim Bong-Jo, Kim Hung Tae, Kubo Michiaki, Lee Jeannette, Lee Juyoung, Lee Nanette R, Li Ruoying, Li Jun, Liu JianJun, Longe Jirong, Lu Wei, Lu Xiangfeng, Miao Xiaoping, Okada Yukinori, Ong Rick Twee-Hee, Qiu Gaokun, Seielstad Mark, Sim Xueling, Song Huaidong, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Tanaka Toshihiro, Taylor Phil R, Wang Laiyuan, Wang Weiqing, Wang Yiqin, Wu Chen, Wu Ying, Xiang Yong-Bing, Yamamoto Ken, Yang Handong, Liao Ming, Yokota Mitsuhiro, Young Terri, Zhang Xiaomin, Kato Norihiro, Wang Qing K, Zheng Wei, Hu Frank B, Lin Dongxin, Shen Hongbing, Teo Yik Ying, Mo Zengnan, Wong Tien Yin, Lin Xu, Mohlke Karen L, Ning Guang, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Han Bok-Ghee, Shu Xiao-Ou, Tai E Shyong, Wu Tangchun, Qi Lu
Abstract excerpt
Human height is associated with risk of multiple diseases and is profoundly determined by an individual's genetic makeup and shows a high degree of ethnic heterogeneity. Large-scale genome-wide association (GWA) analyses of adult height in Europeans have identified nearly 180 genetic loci. A recent study showed high replicability of results from Europeans-based GWA studies in Asians; however, population-specific...
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