The human obesity gene map: The 1997 update

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-92

  Chagnon, Yvon C ^a   Perusse, Louis ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Association; Genes; Linkage; Mendelian disorders; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTATION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MUTATION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RATS;

EID: 0031612168     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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