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[The Role of Natural Selection in the Formation of the Genetic Structure of Populations by SNP Markers in Association with Body Mass Index and Obesity].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Trifonova E A, Popovich A A, Bocharova A V, Vagaitseva K V, Stepanov V A
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is one of the major challenges in modern society. More than a third of the world's population suffers froms overweight. This phenotype affects the quality of life and is associated with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and reproductive disorders. The population variability of allele frequencies of 26 single nucleotide polymorphisms, in association with obesity and body mass index, according to...
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