Study identifies African-specific genomic variant associated with obesity
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 10:02
in Biology & Nature
An international team of researchers conducted the first study of its kind to look at genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African-Americans. They discovered that approximately 1 percent of west Africans, African-Americans and others of African ancestry carry a genomic variant that increases their risk of obesity and provides insight into why obesity clusters in families.