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Nature Genetics 40, 609–615 (1 May 2008) |
doi:10.1038/ng.122
Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height
Daniel F Gudbjartsson
,
G Bragi Walters
,
Gudmar Thorleifsson
,
Hreinn Stefansson
,
Bjarni V Halldorsson
,
Pasha Zusmanovich
,
Patrick Sulem
,
Steinunn Thorlacius
,
Arnaldur Gylfason
,
Stacy Steinberg
,
Anna Helgadottir
,
Andres Ingason
,
Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir
,
Elinborg J Olafsdottir
,
Gudridur H Olafsdottir
,
Thorvaldur Jonsson
,
Knut Borch-Johnsen
,
Torben Hansen
,
Gitte Andersen
,
Torben Jorgensen
,
Oluf Pedersen
,
Katja K Aben
,
J Alfred Witjes
,
Dorine W Swinkels
,
Martin den Heijer
,
Barbara Franke
,
Andre L M Verbeek
,
Diane M Becker
,
Lisa R Yanek
,
Lewis C Becker
,
Laufey Tryggvadottir
,
Thorunn Rafnar
,
Jeffrey Gulcher
,
Lambertus A Kiemeney
,
Augustine Kong
,
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
&
Kari Stefansson
Abstract
Adult human height is one of the classical complex human traits. We searched for sequence variants that affect height by scanning the genomes of 25,174 Icelanders, 2,876 Dutch, 1,770 European Americans and 1,148 African Americans.
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