Mitochondrial DNA Variants in Obesity

Heritability estimates for body mass index (BMI) variation are high. For mothers and their offspring higher BMI correlations have been described than for fathers. Variation(s) in the exclusively maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) might contribute to this parental effect. Thirty-two to 40...

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Main Authors: Knoll, Nadja, Jarick, Ivonne, Volckmar, Anna-Lena, Klingenspor, Martin, Illig, Thomas, Grallert, Harald, Gieger, Christian, Wichmann, Heinz-Erich, Peters, Annette, Wiegand, Susanna, Biebermann, Heike, Fischer-Posovszky, Pamela, Wabitsch, Martin, Völzke, Henry, Nauck, Matthias, Teumer, Alexander, Rosskopf, Dieter, Rimmbach, Christian, Schreiber, Stefan, Jacobs, Gunnar, Lieb, Wolfgang, Franke, Andre, Hebebrand, Johannes, Hinney, Anke
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008486/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24788344
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094882
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