Signatures of natural selection at the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) locus in human populations.
Plos One
Liu, Xuanshi X; Weidle, Kerstin K; Schröck, Kristin K; Tönjes, Anke A; Schleinitz, Dorit D; Breitfeld, Jana J; Stumvoll, Michael M; Böttcher, Yvonne Y; Schöneberg, Torsten T; Kovacs, Peter P
Low copy number of the salivary amylase gene predisposes to obesity.
Nature Genetics
Falchi, Mario M; El-Sayed Moustafa, Julia Sarah JS; Takousis, Petros P; Pesce, Francesco F; Bonnefond, Amélie A; Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna C JC; Sudmant, Peter H PH; Dorajoo, Rajkumar R; Al-Shafai, Mashael Nedham MN; Bottolo, Leonardo L; Ozdemir, Erdal E; So, Hon-Cheong HC; Davies, Robert W RW; Patrice, Alexandre A; Dent, Robert R; Mangino, Massimo M; Hysi, Pirro G PG; Dechaume, Aurélie A; Huyvaert, Marlène M; Skinner, Jane J; Pigeyre, Marie M; Caiazzo, Robert R; Raverdy, Violeta V; Vaillant, Emmanuel E; Field, Sarah S; Balkau, Beverley B; Marre, Michel M; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie S; Weill, Jacques J; Poulain-Godefroy, Odile O; Jacobson, Peter P; Sjostrom, Lars L; Hammond, Christopher J CJ; Deloukas, Panos P; Sham, Pak Chung PC; McPherson, Ruth R; Lee, Jeannette J; Tai, E Shyong ES; Sladek, Robert R; Carlsson, Lena M S LM; Walley, Andrew A; Eichler, Evan E EE; Pattou, Francois F; Spector, Timothy D TD; Froguel, Philippe P
Association of FTO variants with BMI and fat mass in the self-contained population of Sorbs in Germany.
European Journal Of Human Genetics : Ejhg
Tönjes, Anke A; Zeggini, Eleftheria E; Kovacs, Peter P; Böttcher, Yvonne Y; Schleinitz, Dorit D; Dietrich, Kerstin K; Morris, Andrew P AP; Enigk, Beate B; Rayner, Nigel W NW; Koriath, Moritz M; Eszlinger, Markus M; Kemppinen, Anu A; Prokopenko, Inga I; Hoffmann, Katrin K; Teupser, Daniel D; Thiery, Joachim J; Krohn, Knut K; McCarthy, Mark I MI; Stumvoll, Michael M