Genetics of human obesity: Recent results from linkage studies

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1997, Pages

  Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene map; Linkage; Quantitative trait locus; Rodent models

Indexed keywords

DNA; FAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0030928160     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.9.1887s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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