Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height.

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height.

Stature is a classical and highly heritable complex trait, with 80%-90% of variation explained by genetic factors. In recent years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified many common additive variants influencing human height; however, little attention has been given to...

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Main Authors: Ruth McQuillan, Niina Eklund, Nicola Pirastu, Maris Kuningas, Brian P McEvoy, Tõnu Esko, Tanguy Corre, Gail Davies, Marika Kaakinen, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Kati Kristiansson, Aki S Havulinna, Martin Gögele, Veronique Vitart, Albert Tenesa, Yurii Aulchenko, Caroline Hayward, Asa Johansson, Mladen Boban, Sheila Ulivi, Antonietta Robino, Vesna Boraska, Wilmar Igl, Sarah H Wild, Lina Zgaga, Najaf Amin, Evropi Theodoratou, Ozren Polašek, Giorgia Girotto, Lorna M Lopez, Cinzia Sala, Jari Lahti, Tiina Laatikainen, Inga Prokopenko, Mart Kals, Jorma Viikari, Jian Yang, Anneli Pouta, Karol Estrada, Albert Hofman, Nelson Freimer, Nicholas G Martin, Mika Kähönen, Lili Milani, Markku Heliövaara, Erkki Vartiainen, Katri Räikkönen, Corrado Masciullo, John M Starr, Andrew A Hicks, Laura Esposito, Ivana Kolčić, Susan M Farrington, Ben Oostra, Tatijana Zemunik, Harry Campbell, Mirna Kirin, Marina Pehlic, Flavio Faletra, David Porteous, Giorgio Pistis, Elisabeth Widén, Veikko Salomaa, Seppo Koskinen, Krista Fischer, Terho Lehtimäki, Andrew Heath, Mark I McCarthy, Fernando Rivadeneira, Grant W Montgomery, Henning Tiemeier, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Pamela A F Madden, Pio d'Adamo, Nicholas D Hastie, Ulf Gyllensten, Alan F Wright, Cornelia M van Duijn, Malcolm Dunlop, Igor Rudan, Paolo Gasparini, Peter P Pramstaller, Ian J Deary, Daniela Toniolo, Johan G Eriksson, Antti Jula, Olli T Raitakari, Andres Metspalu, Markus Perola, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, André Uitterlinden, Peter M Visscher, James F Wilson, ROHgen Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3400549?pdf=render

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