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Genetic factors for common traits in Asians |
DOI: 10.1038/ng.357 |
Scientists in Korea have carried out the first large screen of health-related genes in an East Asian population. |
Their study, reported online this week in Nature Genetics, found that gene variants associated with metabolic traits related to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity and osteoporosis are partly shared between European and Asian populations, but the study also found new gene variants that either confer health risks specific to Asian ancestry or which show greater effects in combination with environmental factors prevalent in Asia. |
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