Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

Ruth McQuillan; Niina Eklund; Nicola Pirastu; Maris Kuningas; Brian P McEvoy; Tonu Esko; Corre Tanguy; J Eriksson; Gail Davies; Marika Kaakinen; Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen; Kati Kristiansson; Aki S Havulinna; Martin Gögele; Veronique Vitart; Albert Tenesa; Yurii Aulchenko; Caroline Hayward; Asa Johansson; Mladen Boban; Sheila Ulivi; Mika Kähönen; Terho Lehtimäki

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002655

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

Ruth McQuillan
, Niina Eklund
, Nicola Pirastu
, Maris Kuningas
, Brian P McEvoy
, Tonu Esko
, Corre Tanguy
, J Eriksson
, Gail Davies
, Marika Kaakinen
, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen
, Kati Kristiansson
, Aki S Havulinna
, Martin Gögele
, Veronique Vitart
, Albert Tenesa
, Yurii Aulchenko
, Caroline Hayward
, Asa Johansson
, Mladen Boban

Sheila Ulivi, Mika Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki

Department of Clinical Chemistry

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Original language	English
Article number	e1002655
Pages (from-to)	e1002655
Journal	PLoS Genetics
Volume	8
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002655
Publication status	Published - 2012
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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McQuillan, R., Eklund, N., Pirastu, N., Kuningas, M., McEvoy, B. P., Esko, T., Tanguy, C., Eriksson, J., Davies, G., Kaakinen, M., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Kristiansson, K., Havulinna, A. S., Gögele, M., Vitart, V., Tenesa, A., Aulchenko, Y., Hayward, C., Johansson, A., ... Lehtimäki, T. (2012). Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height. PLoS Genetics, 8(7), e1002655. Article e1002655. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002655

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