The causes of obesity: Advances in molecular biology but stagnation on the genetic front

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1532-1533

  Bouchard, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MUTATION; OBESITY; RATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029906868     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050610     Document Type: Short Survey

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