IBD sharing around the PPARG locus is not increased in dizygotic twins or their mothers

D Duffy; G Montgomery; S Treloar; A Birley; K Kirk; D Boomsma; L Beem; E de Geus; E Slagboom; J Knighton; P Reed; N Martin

doi:10.1038/91074

IBD sharing around the PPARG locus is not increased in dizygotic twins or their mothers

Nat Genet. 2001 Aug;28(4):315. doi: 10.1038/91074.

Authors

D Duffy¹, G Montgomery, S Treloar, A Birley, K Kirk, D Boomsma, L Beem, E de Geus, E Slagboom, J Knighton, P Reed, N Martin

Affiliation

¹ The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.

PMID: 11479591
DOI: 10.1038/91074

Abstract

Busjahn et al reported finding linkage between PPARG (3p25) and being a dizygotic (DZ) twin. We differentiate, as do the authors, between the conception of DZ twins, and being the viable result of such a conception.

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anxiety / genetics
Asthma / genetics
Australia
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / genetics*
Genetic Linkage*
Humans
Lod Score
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers*
Netherlands
Nevus / genetics
New Zealand
Nuclear Family
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / genetics*
Reproducibility of Results
Transcription Factors / genetics*
Twin Studies as Topic
Twins, Dizygotic / genetics*

Substances

Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Transcription Factors