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

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HeritabilityLinkage disequilibriumBiologySingle-nucleotide polymorphismGeneticsGenetic associationMinor allele frequencyMissing heritability problemGenome-wide association studyAllele frequencyGenetic variationGenotypeGene

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 42
Issue: 7
Pages: 565-569
Citations: 4646
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                                    Jian Yang, 
                                
                                    Beben Benyamin, 
                                
                                    Brian P. McEvoy
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 42
                            (7)
                            , 565-569.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.608
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.608