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Ashley A Fink
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 1
Citations - 1619
Ashley A Fink is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Single-nucleotide polymorphism & Minor allele frequency. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1527 citations.
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Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.
Angelo Scuteri,Serena Sanna,Wei-Min Chen,Manuela Uda,Giuseppe Albai,James B. Strait,Samer S. Najjar,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Marco Orru,Gianluca Usala,Mariano Dei,Sandra Lai,Andrea Maschio,Fabio Busonero,Antonella Mulas,Georg Ehret,Ashley A Fink,Alan B. Weder,Richard S. Cooper,Pilar Galan,Aravinda Chakravarti,David Schlessinger,Antonio Cao,Edward G. Lakatta,Gonçalo R. Abecasis +24 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a genome-wide association scan was conducted to identify genetic variants associated with obesity-related quantitative traits in the genetically isolated population of Sardinia, and the results showed that common genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with substantial changes in body weight.