The thrifty epigenotype: An acquired and heritable predisposition for obesity and diabetes?

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-166

  Stöger, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN;

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; MODEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ARMERIA;

EID: 38849090146     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20700     Document Type: Review

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