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Exploring Rare Genetic Variation Underlying Metabolic Traits in the Fenland Cohort

Figure 1. Rare variants in CASQ1 have sex-specific associations with resting energy expenditure and adiposity.
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Figure 1. Rare variants in CASQ1 have sex-specific associations with resting energy expenditure and adiposity.Rare variants in CASQ1 have sex-specific associations with resting energy expenditure and adiposity.Perry et al., CC BY
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Abstract

Recent large-scale whole-exome sequencing (WES) studies in population biobanks have transformed our understanding of the role of rare protein coding on human health. However, the size and design of these biobanks limit deep phenotyping and genotype-targeted follow-up.

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