Testing the thrifty gene hypothesis: the Gly482Ser variant in PPARGC1A is associated with BMI in Tongans

BACKGROUND: The thrifty gene hypothesis posits that, in populations that experienced periods of feast and famine, natural selection favoured individuals carrying thrifty alleles that promote the storage of fat and energy. Polynesians likely experienced long periods of cold stress and starvation duri...

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Autores principales: Myles, Sean, Lea, Rod A, Ohashi, Jun, Chambers, Geoff K, Weiss, Joerg G, Hardouin, Emilie, Engelken, Johannes, Macartney-Coxson, Donia P, Eccles, David A, Naka, Izumi, Kimura, Ryosuke, Inaoka, Tsukasa, Matsumura, Yasuhiro, Stoneking, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21244673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-12-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21244673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-12-10

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