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Elsevier, Placenta, (38), p. 100-106, 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2015.12.015

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Relation of FTO Gene variants to fetal growth trajectories: findings from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Journal article published in 2015 by S. J. Barton, M. Mosquera, J. K. Cleal, A. S. Fuller, S. R. Crozier, C. Cooper, H. M. Inskip, J. W. Holloway, R. M. Lewis ORCID, K. M. Godfrey
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Abstract

Placental function is an important determinant of fetal growth, and fetal growth influences obesity risk in childhood and adult life. Here we investigated how FTO and MC4R gene variants linked with obesity relate to patterns of fetal growth and to placental FTO expression.