New insights into the genetics of body weight

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-384

  Dina, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Association; Heritability; Linkage; Obesity

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ENPP1; PROTEIN FTO; PROTEIN INSIG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY WEIGHT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION SCAN; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION;

EID: 50349098712     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328303e5e6     Document Type: Review

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