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A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with obesity in the Uyghur population

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  1. MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    F. Zhang, L. Xu, L. Jin & X. F. Wang

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Zhang, F., Xu, L., Jin, L. et al. A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with obesity in the Uyghur population. J Endocrinol Invest 31, 1043 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03345646

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