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Birth Weight - Genetics
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Definition of 'Birth Weight'The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Common names: Birth Weight; Birth Weights; Weight, Birth; Weights, Birth |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
13 Dec 2009 
BACKGROUND: Our original studies reported an association between the iron-metabolism gene HFE and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and a birth weight association in ALL. Through its effect on cell proliferation, iron is involved ... Read more...
Evolutionary adaptation to high altitude: a view from in utero.
30 Aug 2009 A primary focus within biological anthropology has been to elucidate the processes of evolutionary adaptation. Frisancho helped to move anthropology towards more mechanistic explanations of human adaptation by drawing attention to the importance of ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Associations between size at birth, postnatal weight gain, and potential risk for adult disease have been variably explained by in utero exposures or genetic risk that could affect both outcomes. We utilized a twin model to explore these ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Birth Weight - Genetics'
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- Hereditary hemochromatosis gene (HFE) variants are associated with birth weight and childhood leukemia risk. 13 Dec 2009
- Evolutionary adaptation to high altitude: a view from in utero. 30 Aug 2009
- Heritability of childhood weight gain from birth and risk markers for adult metabolic disease in prepubertal twins. 30 Aug 2009
- Developmental origins of health and disease: brief history of the approach and current focus on epigenetic mechanisms. 24 Aug 2009
- Examination of type 2 diabetes loci implicates CDKAL1 as a birth weight gene. 8 Jul 2009
- Differences in expression and activity of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and 2 in human placentas of term pregnancies according to birth weight and gender. 17 Jun 2009
- HLA haplotypes and birth weight variation: is your future going to be light or heavy? 2 Jun 2009
- Variation in direct and maternal genetic effects for meat production traits in Egyptian Zaraibi goats. 30 May 2009
- Placental 11beta-HSD2 gene expression at birth is inversely correlated with growth velocity in the first year of life after intrauterine growth restriction. 30 May 2009
- In mice lacking V2a interneurons, gait depends on speed of locomotion. 25 May 2009
- Do neonates with genetic abnormalities have an increased morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery? 29 Apr 2009
- Intergenerational effect of weight gain in childhood on offspring birthweight.
15 Apr 2009 - Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase ( MTHFR) C677T, A1298C and G1793A genotypes, and the relationship between maternal folate intake, tibia lead and infant size at birth. 31 Mar 2009
- The effect of genetic and seasonal factors on birth weight. 26 Mar 2009
- The role of birth weight in myopia--the genes in myopia twin study. 24 Mar 2009
- Augmented uterine artery blood flow and oxygen delivery protect Andeans from altitude-associated reductions in fetal growth. 23 Feb 2009
- Polyhydramnios, fetal overgrowth, and macrocephaly: prenatal ultrasound findings of Costello syndrome. 13 Feb 2009
- Genetic parameters for pre-weaning traits in Braunvieh cattle. 30 Dec 2008
- Pregnancy outcome in patients with raised blood glucose due to a heterozygous glucokinase gene mutation. 30 Dec 2008
- Genetic and environmental contributions to body mass index: comparative analysis of monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins and same-age unrelated siblings. 23 Nov 2008
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Technical information about 'Birth Weight'
Definition: The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
Descriptor UI: D001724
Alternative terms: Birth Weight; Birth Weights; Weight, Birth; Weights, Birth;
Related Mesh Headings: Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight;
Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects;
Tree Number: C23.888.144.186; E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.186; E05.978.077.160.750.149; G07.100.100.160.120.186; G07.700.320.249.314.120.186;
Technical Notes: IM