Heritability of Cardiovascular and Personality Traits in 6,148 Sardinians

In family studies, phenotypic similarities between relatives yield information on the overall contribution of genes to trait variation. Large samples are important for these family studies, especially when comparing heritability between subgroups such as young and old, or males and females. We recru...

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Published in:	PLoS genetics Vol. 2; no. 8; p. e132
Main Authors:	Pilia, Giuseppe, Chen, Wei-Min, Scuteri, Angelo, Orrú, Marco, Albai, Giuseppe, Dei, Mariano, Lai, Sandra, Usala, Gianluca, Lai, Monica, Loi, Paola, Mameli, Cinzia, Vacca, Loredana, Deiana, Manila, Olla, Nazario, Masala, Marco, Cao, Antonio, Najjar, Samer S, Terracciano, Antonio, Nedorezov, Timur, Sharov, Alexei, Zonderman, Alan B, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, Costa, Paul, Lakatta, Edward, Schlessinger, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.08.2006 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Analysis of Variance Blood pressure Cardiology - Cardiac Surgery Cardiovascular Diseases - genetics Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena Chromosomes, Human, X - genetics Cohort Studies Dominance (Genetics) Female Genes, Mitochondrial Genetic aspects Genetics Genetics/Complex Traits Genetics/Disease Models Genetics/Population Genetics Homo (Human) Humans Italy Male Mental Health Middle Aged Models, Genetic Multifactorial Inheritance Personality - genetics Physiological aspects Population Psychology Quantitative Trait, Heritable Sardinians Sex Characteristics Siblings Studies Italy
ISSN:	1553-7404, 1553-7390, 1553-7404
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