Leptin levels in lines of mice developed by long-term divergent selection on fat content

Genetical Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-44

  Bünger, Lutz ^a   Nicolson, Margery ^b   Hill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; OBESITY; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 4243665816     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672398003541     Document Type: Article

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