OB gene not linked to human obesity in Mexican American affected sib pairs from Starr County, Texas

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 590-595

  Bray, Molly S ^a   Boerwinkle, Eric ^a   Hanis, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; PROTEINS; TEXAS;

EID: 0029852440     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050265     Document Type: Article

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