Congenic BB.SHR (D4Mit6-Npy-Spr) rats: A new aid to dissect the genetics of obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1074-1077

  Klöting, Ingrid ^a   Kovacs, Peter ^a   Van Den Brandt, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

BB; Congenics; Dyslipidemia; Genetics; Hyperinsulinemia; SHR

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOBREEDING RAT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENIC STRAIN; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RATS, INBRED SHR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036776852     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.145     Document Type: Article

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