Genetic variants and timing of puberty

ey0015.7-5 | Genetic variants and timing of puberty | ESPEYB15

7.5 Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

FR Day , DJ Thompson , H Helgason , DI Chasman , H Finucane , P Sulem

To read the full abstract: Nat Genet. 2017 Jun;49(6):834-841See comment on 7.6...

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ey0015.7-6 | Genetic variants and timing of puberty | ESPEYB15

7.6 Differential Impact of Genetic Loci on Age at Thelarche and Menarche in Healthy Girls

AS Busch , CP Hagen , M Assens , KM Main , K Almstrup , A Juul

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Jan 1;103(1):228-234[Comments on 7.5 and 7.6] Remarkably, the timing of puberty shows important differences between individuals1. Based on twin studies, differences in pubertal timing are considered to depend on genetic factors which account for up to 60-70% of the varianc...

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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

7 Puberty

7.5 Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

7.6 Differential Impact of Genetic Loci on Age at Thelarche and Menarche in Healthy Girls

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