Differential models of twin correlations in skew for body-mass index (BMI)

BACKGROUND: Body Mass Index (BMI), like most human phenotypes, is substantially heritable. However, BMI is not normally distributed; the skew appears to be structural, and increases as a function of age. Moreover, twin correlations for BMI commonly violate the assumptions of the most common variety...

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Autores principales: Tsang, Siny, Duncan, Glen E., Dinescu, Diana, Turkheimer, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194968

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194968

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