ERA‐Interim is the latest global atmospheric reanalysis produced by the European Centre
for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The ERA‐Interim project was conducted in …

While seasonal outlooks have been operational for many years, until recently the extended‐range
timescale referred to as subseasonal‐to‐seasonal ( S2S ) has received little attention. …

Plant growth and development are regulated by interactions between the environment and
endogenous developmental programs. Of the various environmental factors controlling plant …

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA
sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA…

Estimating individual genome-wide autozygosity is important both in the identification of
recessive disease variants via homozygosity mapping and in the investigation of the effects of …

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Waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic
consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants …

Although steroid hormones are important for animal development, the physiological role of
plant steroids is unknown. The Arabidopsis DET2 gene encodes a protein that shares …

Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies of lipids have been conducted in samples
ascertained for other phenotypes, particularly diabetes. Here we report the first GWA analysis …