Role of growth hormone in the genetic change of mice divergently selected for body weight and fatness

Genetical Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-360

  Bünger, Lutz ^a   Hill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; GROWTH HORMONE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECESSIVE GENE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343340402     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004188     Document Type: Article

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