Genome-wide association study of appendicular lean mass in UK Biobank cohort
Yu‐Fang Pei, Yaozhong Liu, Xiaolin Yang, Hong Zhang, Gui-Juan Feng, Lei Zhang
This study conducts a large-scale GWAS of appendicular lean mass in UK Biobank, identifying 717 variants from 561 loci that explain ~11% phenotypic variance and are enriched in musculoskeletal-related gene sets.
bioRxiv · May 21, 2019 · PreprintGenetics