Genome-Wide Association Analyses in 128,266 Individuals Identifies New Morningness and Sleep Duration Loci.

Disrupted circadian rhythms and reduced sleep duration are associated with several human diseases, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but until recently, little was known about the genetic factors influencing these heritable traits. We performed genome-wide association studies of self-reporte...

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Main Authors: Samuel E Jones, Jessica Tyrrell, Andrew R Wood, Robin N Beaumont, Katherine S Ruth, Marcus A Tuke, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Youna Hu, Maris Teder-Laving, Caroline Hayward, Till Roenneberg, James F Wilson, Fabiola Del Greco, Andrew A Hicks, Chol Shin, Chang-Ho Yun, Seung Ku Lee, Andres Metspalu, Enda M Byrne, Philip R Gehrman, Henning Tiemeier, Karla V Allebrandt, Rachel M Freathy, Anna Murray, David A Hinds, Timothy M Frayling, Michael N Weedon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4975467?pdf=render