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We have analyzed data from 573 pedigrees from the United Kingdom for evidence for linkage to loci influencing adult stature. Our data set comprised 1,214 diabetic and 163 nondiabetic siblings for whom height data were available. We used variance-components analysis implemented in GENEHUNTER 2 and a modification of the Haseman-Elston regression method, HE-COM. We found evidence for a locus on 3p26 (LOD score 3.17) influencing height in this adult sample, with less-significant evidence for loci on chromosomes 7, 10, 15, 17, 19, and 20. Our findings extend similar recent studies in Scandinavian and Quebecois populations, adding further evidence that height is indeed under the control of multiple genes.
Author(s): Walker M; Wiltshire S; Frayling TM; Hattersley AT; Hitman GA; Levy JC; O'Rahilly S; Groves CJ; Menzel S; Cardon LR; McCarthy MI
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
Year: 2002
Volume: 70
Issue: 2
Pages: 543-546
ISSN (print): 0002-9297
ISSN (electronic): 1537-6605
Publisher: Cell Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/338760
DOI: 10.1086/338760
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