Publication Date:
2015-04-02
Description:
Article Myopia is a significant and increasing public health concern. Here Miyake et al. conduct a genome-wide association study and identify WNT7B as a susceptibility gene across different ethnic groups, suggesting a possible role in the development of myopia. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms7689 Authors: Masahiro Miyake, Kenji Yamashiro, Yasuharu Tabara, Kenji Suda, Satoshi Morooka, Hideo Nakanishi, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Peng Chen, Fan Qiao, Isao Nakata, Yumiko Akagi-Kurashige, Norimoto Gotoh, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Akira Meguro, Sentaro Kusuhara, Ozen Polasek, Caroline Hayward, Alan F. Wright, Harry Campbell, Andrea J. Richardson, Maria Schache, Masaki Takeuchi, David A. Mackey, Alex W. Hewitt, Gabriel Cuellar, Yi Shi, Luling Huang, Zhenglin Yang, Kim Hung Leung, Patrick Y.P. Kao, Maurice K.H. Yap, Shea Ping Yip, Muka Moriyama, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Nobuhisa Mizuki, Stuart MacGregor, Veronique Vitart, Tin Aung, Seang-Mei Saw, E-Shyong Tai, Tien Yin Wong, Ching-Yu Cheng, Paul N. Baird, Ryo Yamada, Fumihiko Matsuda, Nagahisa Yoshimura
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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