Suggestive linkages between markers on human 1p32-p22 and body fat and insulin levels in the quebec family study

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-121

  Chagnon, Yvon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI; Body fat; Diabetes; Dietary obese 1; Fatty; Linkage; Mouse, rat; Ob R; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME MAP; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODEL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUEBEC; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0031090341     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00651.x     Document Type: Article

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