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Shorter telomere length in Europeans than in Africans due to polygenetic adaptation.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2016
Hansen Matthew E B, Hunt Steven C, Stone Rivka C, Horvath Kent, Herbig Utz, Ranciaro Alessia, Hirbo Jibril, Beggs William, Reiner Alexander P, Wilson James G, Kimura Masayuki, De Vivo Immaculata, Chen Maxine M, Kark Jeremy D, Levy Daniel, Nyambo Thomas, Tishkoff Sarah A, Aviv Abraham
Abstract excerpt
Leukocyte telomere length (LTL), which reflects telomere length in other somatic tissues, is a complex genetic trait. Eleven SNPs have been shown in genome-wide association studies to be associated with LTL at a genome-wide level of significance within cohorts of European ancestry. It has been observed that LTL is longer in African Americans than in Europeans. The underlying reason for this difference is unknown....
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