Inference of the genetic architecture underlying BMI and height with the use of 20,240 sibling pairs.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on October 31, 2013

Authors

Gibran Hemani1, Jian Yang, Anna Vinkhuyzen, Joseph E Powell, Gonneke Willemsen, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Abdel Abdellaoui, Massimo Mangino, Ana M Valdes, Sarah E Medland, Pamela A Madden, Andrew C Heath, Anjali K Henders, Dale R Nyholt, Eco J C de Geus, Patrik K E Magnusson, Erik Ingelsson, Grant W Montgomery, Timothy D Spector, Dorret I Boomsma, Nancy L Pedersen, Nicholas G Martin, Peter M Visscher

Author Affiliations

1: The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia; The University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4027, Australia.

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