Insights from the developing world: Thrifty genotypes and thrifty phenotypes

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a   Rayco Solon, Pura ^a   Moore, Sophie E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ApoE; Mitochondrial genes; Obesity; Thrifty genes; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLESTEROL; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADAPTATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FETUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; THERMOGENESIS; THRIFTY GENE; THRIFTY GENOTYPE; THRIFTY PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); STARVATION;

EID: 20444493880     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2005421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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