Article
Genetics of human body size and shape: pleiotropic and independent genetic determinants of adiposity.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Livshits G, Yakovenko K, Ginsburg E, Kobyliansky E
Abstract excerpt
The present study utilized pedigree data from three ethnically different populations of Kirghizstan, Turkmenia and Chuvasha. Principal component analysis was performed on a matrix of genetic correlations between 22 measures of adiposity, including skinfolds, circumferences and indices. Findings a...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Body Constitution
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Kyrgyzstan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Russia
- Somatotypes
- Turkmenistan