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FTO gains function

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Previous genome-wide association studies have identified a strong association between FTO and human obesity, although the mechanism by which FTO affects obesity remains unknown. A new study suggests that the obesity risk alleles are gain-of-function.

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Figure 1: Genomic organization of the FTO locus on chromosome 16 (16q12.2, at 52.3–52.4 Mbp).

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  1. George Stratigopoulos and Rudolph L. Leibel are at the Division of Molecular Genetics and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.,

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