Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height

2010/06/20 by Jian Yang, Beben Benyamin, Brian P McEvoy +19 · 9 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

paper · doi:10.1038/ng.608

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