Genetic architecture of adiposity and organ weight using combined generation QTL analysis

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1861-1868

  Fawcett, Gloria L ^a   Roseman, Charles C ^b   Jarvis, Joseph P ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Wolf, Jason B ^c   Cheverud, James M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPLEEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 48749098611     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.300     Document Type: Article

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