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deCODE Study Shows Complex Interplay of the Human Biological Clock With Height, Weight and Disease
June 2nd, 2009
In a paper published in the online edition of Nature Genetics, scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) and academic colleagues from Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands present the discovery of single letter variations in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) that influence the age of girls at menarche, the first menstrual period. Age at menarche (AAM) is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, though the SNPs reported are the first genetic factors to be found. AAM is of interest not only because it heralds the beginning of a woman's reproductive life, but because it is also linked with susceptibility to disease later in life. Obesity in particular is linked to...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-02)
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