Multicenter dizygotic twin cohort study confirms two linkage susceptibility loci for body mass index at 3q29 and 7q36 and identifies three further potential novel loci.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on September 01, 2009

Authors

J Kettunen1, M Perola, N G Martin, B K Cornes, S G Wilson, G W Montgomery, B Benyamin, J R Harris, D Boomsma, G Willemsen, J-J Hottenga, P E Slagboom, K Christensen, K O Kyvik, T I A Sørensen, N L Pedersen, P K E Magnusson, T Andrew, T D Spector, E Widen, K Silventoinen, J Kaprio, A Palotie, L Peltonen, GenomEUtwin-project

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. johannes@sanger.ac.uk

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