Regional variation in health is predominantly driven by lifestyle rather than genetics

oleh: Carmen Amador, Charley Xia, Réka Nagy, Archie Campbell, David Porteous, Blair H. Smith, Nick Hastie, Veronique Vitart, Caroline Hayward, Pau Navarro, Chris S. Haley

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01

Deskripsi

Health-related traits are known to vary geographically. Here, Amador and colleagues show that regional variation of obesity-related traits in a Scottish population is influenced more by lifestyle differences than it is by genetic differences.