An integrated approach of comparative genomics and heritability analysis of pig and human on obesity trait: Evidence for candidate genes on human chromosome 2

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Jaemin ^a   Lee, Taeheon ^a   Kim, Tae Hun ^b   Lee, Kyung Tai ^b   Kim, Heebal ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Back fat thickness; Chromosome 2; Comparative genomics; Heritability; Human; Obesity; Pig; Subscapular skinfold thickness; Synteny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; FAT MASS; FTO GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN GENOME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84871145783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-711     Document Type: Article

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