Combined Genome Scans for Body Stature in 6,602 European Twins: Evidence for Common Caucasian Loci

Twin cohorts provide a unique advantage for investigations of the role of genetics and environment in the etiology of variation in common complex traits by reducing the variance due to environment, age, and cohort differences. The GenomEUtwin (http://www.genomeutwin.org) consortium consists of eight...

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Main Authors: Perola, Markus, Sammalisto, Sampo, Hiekkalinna, Tero, Martin, Nick G, Visscher, Peter M, Montgomery, Grant W, Benyamin, Beben, Harris, Jennifer R, Boomsma, Dorret, Willemsen, Gonneke, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Christensen, Kaare, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A, Pedersen, Nancy L, Magnusson, Patrik K. E, Spector, Tim D, Widen, Elisabeth, Silventoinen, Karri, Kaprio, Jaakko, Palotie, Aarno, Peltonen, Leena
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892350/