Inbred lines of mice derived from long-term divergent selection on fat content and body weight

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-648

  Bünger, Lutz ^a   Hill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; GENETIC SELECTION; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032797702     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359901063     Document Type: Article

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