Phenotypic dissection of bone mineral density reveals skeletal site specificity and facilitates the identification of novel loci in the genetic regulation of bone mass attainment.

Phenotypic dissection of bone mineral density reveals skeletal site specificity and facilitates the identification of novel loci in the genetic regulation of bone mass attainment.

Heritability of bone mineral density (BMD) varies across skeletal sites, reflecting different relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences. To quantify the degree to which common genetic variants tag and environmental factors influence BMD, at different sites, we estimated the gene...

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Main Authors: John P Kemp, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Karol Estrada, Beate St Pourcain, Denise H M Heppe, Nicole M Warrington, Ling Oei, Susan M Ring, Claudia J Kruithof, Nicholas J Timpson, Lisa E Wolber, Sjur Reppe, Kaare Gautvik, Elin Grundberg, Bing Ge, Bram van der Eerden, Jeroen van de Peppel, Matthew A Hibbs, Cheryl L Ackert-Bicknell, Kwangbom Choi, Daniel L Koller, Michael J Econs, Frances M K Williams, Tatiana Foroud, M Carola Zillikens, Claes Ohlsson, Albert Hofman, André G Uitterlinden, George Davey Smith, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Jonathan H Tobias, Fernando Rivadeneira, David M Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4063697?pdf=render

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