Mitochondrial DNA variants in obesity.

Heritability estimates for body mass index (BMI) variation are high. For mothers and their offspring higher BMI correlations have been described than for fathers. Variation(s) in the exclusively maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) might contribute to this parental effect. Thirty-two to 40...

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Main Authors: Nadja Knoll, Ivonne Jarick, Anna-Lena Volckmar, Martin Klingenspor, Thomas Illig, Harald Grallert, Christian Gieger, Heinz-Erich Wichmann, Annette Peters, Susanna Wiegand, Heike Biebermann, Pamela Fischer-Posovszky, Martin Wabitsch, Henry Völzke, Matthias Nauck, Alexander Teumer, Dieter Rosskopf, Christian Rimmbach, Stefan Schreiber, Gunnar Jacobs, Wolfgang Lieb, Andre Franke, Johannes Hebebrand, Anke Hinney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008486?pdf=render