Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins

Autor: Juko Ando, Hanna-Reetta Lajunen, Matt McGue, Michelle Luciano, Dorret I. Boomsma, Karri Silventoinen, Meike Bartels, K Nonaka, Y. M. Hur, Mingguang He, Jaakko Kaprio, William G. Iacono, C C H Lin, Karen S. Mitchell, Richard J. Rose, C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt, Peter M. Visscher, Belinda K. Cornes, Stacey S. Cherny, Nicholas G. Martin, Syuichi Ooki

Publikováno v: International Journal of Obesity, 32(10), 1455-1467. Nature Publishing Group
Hur, Y M, Kaprio, J, Iacono, W G, Boomsma, D I, McGue, M, Silventoinen, K, Martin, N G, Luciano, M, Visscher, P M, Rose, R J, He, M, Ando, J, Ooki, S, Nonaka, K, Lin, C C H, Lajunen, H R, Cornes, B K, Bartels, M, van Beijsterveldt, C E M, Cherny, S S & Mitchell, K 2008, ' Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins. ', International Journal of Obesity, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 1455-1467 . https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2008.144

Objective: Twin studies are useful for investigating the causes of trait variation between as well as within a population. The goals of the present study were two-fold: First, we aimed to compare the total phenotypic, genetic and environmental varian

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