Population differentiation in allele frequencies of obesity-associated SNPs

Abstract Background Obesity is emerging as a global health problem, with more than one-third of the world’s adult population being overweight or obese. In this study, we investigated worldwide population differentiation in allele frequencies of obesity-associated SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism...

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Main Authors: Linyong Mao, Yayin Fang, Michael Campbell, William M. Southerland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Snp
Fto
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4262-9