Browsing MIT Open Access Articles by Author "Kaakinen, Marika"
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Genetic Determinants of Height Growth Assessed Longitudinally from Infancy to Adulthood in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966
Peltonen, Leena; Elliott, Paul; McCarthy, Mark I.; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Widen, Elisabeth; e.a. (Public Library of Science, 2009-03)Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified dozens of common variants associated with adult height. However, it is unknown how these variants influence height growth during childhood. We derived peak height ... -
SCOPA and META-SCOPA: software for the analysis and aggregation of genome-wide association studies of multiple correlated phenotypes
Mägi, Reedik; Kaakinen, Marika; Fischer, Krista; Prokopenko, Inga; Clarke, Geraldine M.; e.a. (BioMed Central, 2017-01)Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been successful in identifying loci contributing genetic effects to a wide range of complex human diseases and quantitative ...