Hemizygous Deletion on Chromosome 3p26.1 Is Associated with Heavy Smoking among African American Subjects in the COPDGene Study.

Hemizygous Deletion on Chromosome 3p26.1 Is Associated with Heavy Smoking among African American Subjects in the COPDGene Study.

Many well-powered genome-wide association studies have identified genetic determinants of self-reported smoking behaviors and measures of nicotine dependence, but most have not considered the role of structural variants, such as copy number variation (CNVs), influencing these phenotypes. Here, we in...

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Main Authors: Ferdouse Begum, Ingo Ruczinski, John E Hokanson, Sharon M Lutz, Margaret M Parker, Michael H Cho, Jacqueline B Hetmanski, Robert B Scharpf, James D Crapo, Edwin K Silverman, Terri H Beaty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5053531?pdf=render

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