• Genetic diversity and evolution of the human leptin locus tetranucleotide repeat 

      Moffett, Susan; Martinson, Jeremy; Shriver, Mark D.; McGarvey, Stephen T.; Ferrell, Robert E.; Barrantes Mesén, Ramiro (Hum Genet 110; p. 412-417, 2002)
      To better understand the evolutionary history of the gene region containing the multifunctional adipose tissue hormone leptin, we genotyped 1,957 individuals from 12 world populations for a highly variable tetranucleo ...