Evidence of Inbreeding Depression on Human Height

Title:	Evidence of Inbreeding Depression on Human Height
Authors:	McQuillan, R Eklund, N Pirastu, N Kuningas, M McEvoy, BP Esko, T Corre, T Davies, G Kaakinen, M Lyytikainen, L-P Kristiansson, K Havulinna, AS Gogele, M Vitart, V Tenesa, A Aulchenko, Y Hayward, C Johansson, A Boban, M Ulivi, S Robino, A Boraska, V Igl, W Wild, SH Zgaga, L Amin, N Theodoratou, E Polasek, O Girotto, G Lopez, LM Sala, C Lahti, J Laatikainen, T Prokopenko, I Kals, M Viikari, J Yang, J Pouta, A Estrada, K Hofman, A Freimer, N Martin, NG Kahonen, M Milani, L Heliovaara, M Vartiainen, E Raikkonen, K Masciullo, C Starr, JM Hicks, AA Esposito, L Kolcic, I Farrington, SM Oostra, B Zemunik, T Campbell, H Kirin, M Pehlic, M Faletra, F Porteous, D Pistis, G Widen, E Salomaa, V Koskinen, S Fischer, K Lehtimaki, T Heath, A McCarthy, MI Rivadeneira, F Montgomery, GW Tiemeier, H Hartikainen, A-L Madden, PAF D'Adamo, P Hastie, ND Gyllensten, U Wright, AF Van Duijn, CM Dunlop, M Rudan, I Gasparini, P Pramstaller, PP Deary, IJ Toniolo, D Eriksson, JG Jula, A Raitakari, OT Metspalu, A Perola, M Jarvelin, M-R Uitterlinden, A Visscher, PM Wilson, JF
Item Type:	Journal Article
Issue Date:	1-Jul-2012
Date of Acceptance:	2-Mar-2012
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28748
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002655
ISSN:	1553-7390
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
Journal / Book Title:	PLOS Genetics
Volume:	8
Issue:	7
Copyright Statement:	© 2012 McQuillan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Sponsor/Funder:	Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funder's Grant Number:	G0801056B
Keywords:	Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Genetics & Heredity GENETICS & HEREDITY WIDE ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE BRITISH WOMENS HEART QUANTITATIVE TRAITS ADULT HEIGHT CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE PARENTAL CONSANGUINITY FOUNDER POPULATION BODY HEIGHT HERITABILITY Adult Aged Body Height Consanguinity Databases, Genetic Family Female Genes, Recessive Genetic Heterogeneity Genome-Wide Association Study Homozygote Humans Male Middle Aged Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Quantitative Trait, Heritable ROHgen Consortium Developmental Biology 0604 Genetics
Publication Status:	Published
Article Number:	e1002655
Appears in Collections:	School of Public Health