Confirmation and characterization of murine body weight QTLs, Bwq1 and Bwq2, identified in C57BL/6J x KK-Ay/a F2-Ay/a mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1039-1045

  Suto, Jun Ichi ^a   Sekikawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ay allele; Body weight; KK mouse; Obesity; Quantitative trait locus (QTL)

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PRIMER DNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; LOD SCORE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PPAR GAMMA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 16544369529     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.1039     Document Type: Article

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