Low AMY1 Gene Copy Number Is Associated with Increased Body Mass Index in Prepubertal Boys.

Low AMY1 Gene Copy Number Is Associated with Increased Body Mass Index in Prepubertal Boys.

BACKGROUND:Genome-wide association studies have identified more than 60 single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with Body Mass Index (BMI). Additional genetic variants, such as copy number variations (CNV), have also been investigated in relation to BMI. Recently, the highly polymorphic CNV in th...

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Main Authors: M Loredana Marcovecchio, Rosalba Florio, Fabio Verginelli, Laura De Lellis, Cristian Capelli, Delfina Verzilli, Francesco Chiarelli, Angelika Mohn, Alessandro Cama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858278?pdf=render

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