The Genetics of Obesity

In the past four years, many genetic loci have been implicated for BMI from the outcomes of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), primarily in adults. Insulin-induced gene 2 (INSIG2) was the first locus to be reported by this method to have a role in obesity, but replication attempts have yielded...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Grant, Struan F.A (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
Medical genetics.
Endocrinology.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Medical Genetics.
Biomedical Research.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Genetic Variation and Obesity Prior to the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies
  • Genetic Obesity Syndromes
  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Obesity
  • Copy Number Variants and their Contribution to the Risk of Obesity
  • Genetics of Childhood Obesity
  • Genetic Pleiotropies of Obesity
  • Functional Follow-up of Genetic Variants Using FTO as the Prime Example
  • Index.

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