Project description
Finding links between reproductive and anthropometric traits
Life history theory explains how fast organisms grow and how long they live. For instance, it’s possible to connect traits like birthweight and adult body size to age of menarche. In this context, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project RADICAL will shed light on the biological mechanisms that link many of these traits. It will bring together matching genotype and phenotype data from two large national biobanks and statistical tools and genetic databases. It will investigate the extent to which the observational links between reproductive and anthropometric traits can be explained by pleiotropy and/or shared genetic pathways. It will also consider the extent to which these pathways have been subject to natural selection over the past 10 000 years.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
MSCA-PF -Coordinator
51005 Tartu
Estonia
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