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The genetics of obesity: FTO leads the way

In 2007, an association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene region with body mass index (BMI) and risk of obesity was identified in multiple populations, making FTO the first locus unequivocally associated with adiposity. At the time, FTO was a...

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Autores principales: Fawcett, Katherine A., Barroso, Inês
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Trends Journals 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20381893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2010.02.006