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Indications for potential parent-of-origin effects within the FTO gene.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Liu Xuanshi, Hinney Anke, Scholz Markus, Scherag André, Tönjes Anke, Stumvoll Michael, Stadler Peter F, Hebebrand Johannes, Böttcher Yvonne
Abstract excerpt
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) were successfully applied to discover associations with obesity. However, the GWAS design is usually based on unrelated individuals and inheritance information on the parental origin of the alleles is missing. Taking into account parent-of-origin may provide...
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