Transferability and Fine-Mapping of Genome-Wide Associated Loci for Adult Height across Human Populations

Daniel Shriner; Adebowale Adeyemo; Norman P. Gerry; Alan Herbert; Guanjie Chen; Ayo Doumatey; Hanxia Huang; Jie Zhou; Michael F. Christman; Charles N. Rotimi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008398

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Transferability and Fine-Mapping of Genome-Wide Associated Loci for Adult Height across Human Populations

Daniel Shriner ,

* E-mail: shrinerda@mail.nih.gov (DS); rotimic@mail.nih.gov (CNR)

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Adebowale Adeyemo,

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Norman P. Gerry,

Affiliation Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camden, New Jersey, United States of America
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Alan Herbert,

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Guanjie Chen,

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Ayo Doumatey,

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Hanxia Huang,

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Jie Zhou,

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Michael F. Christman,

Affiliation Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camden, New Jersey, United States of America
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Charles N. Rotimi

* E-mail: shrinerda@mail.nih.gov (DS); rotimic@mail.nih.gov (CNR)

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Transferability and Fine-Mapping of Genome-Wide Associated Loci for Adult Height across Human Populations

Daniel Shriner,
Adebowale Adeyemo,
Norman P. Gerry,
Alan Herbert,
Guanjie Chen,
Ayo Doumatey,
Hanxia Huang,
Jie Zhou,
Michael F. Christman,
Charles N. Rotimi

Published: December 22, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008398

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