Mother’s Genome or Maternally-Inherited Genes Acting in the Fetus Influence Gestational Age in Familial Preterm Birth | Zendy

Jevon Plunkett | Zendy; Mary F. Feitosa | Zendy; Michelle Trusgnich | Zendy; Michael F. Wangler | Zendy; Lisanne Palomar | Zendy; Zachary A.-F. Kistka | Zendy; Emily DeFranco | Zendy; Tammy Shen | Zendy; Adrienne E.D. Stormo | Zendy; Hilkka Puttonen | Zendy; Mikko Hallman | Zendy; Ritva Haataja | Zendy; Aino Luukkonen | Zendy; Vineta Fellman | Zendy; Leena Peltonen | Zendy; Aarno Palotie | Zendy; E. Warwick Daw | Zendy; Ping An | Zendy; Kari Teramo | Zendy; Ingrid B. Borecki | Zendy; Louis J. Muglia | Zendy

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Mother’s Genome or Maternally-Inherited Genes Acting in the Fetus Influence Gestational Age in Familial Preterm Birth

Author(s) -

Jevon Plunkett,

Mary F. Feitosa,

Michelle Trusgnich,

Michael F. Wangler,

Lisanne Palomar,

Zachary A.-F. Kistka,

Emily DeFranco,

Tammy Shen,

Adrienne E.D. Stormo,

Hilkka Puttonen,

Mikko Hallman,

Ritva Haataja,

Aino Luukkonen,

Vineta Fellman,

Leena Peltonen,

Aarno Palotie,

E. Warwick Daw,

Ping An,

Kari Teramo,

Ingrid B. Borecki,

Louis J. Muglia

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

human heredity

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423

H-Index - 62

eISSN - 1423-0062

pISSN - 0001-5652

DOI - 10.1159/000224641

Subject(s) - gestational age , fetus , biology , pregnancy , genetics , obstetrics , medicine

While multiple lines of evidence suggest the importance of genetic contributors to risk of preterm birth, the nature of the genetic component has not been identified. We perform segregation analyses to identify the best fitting genetic model for gestational age, a quantitative proxy for preterm birth.

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