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A developmental switch affecting growth of fatty rats.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 1 Dec 2000
Truett G E, Walker J A, Harris R B
Abstract excerpt
Fatty (fa/fa) rats accumulate more adipose mass than their littermates soon after birth, but they first appear obese during the fourth week of life. We analyzed the effects of fa genotype on growth of pups housed with their dams through 4 wk of age. The fa genotype effects on daily gain were undetectable from 7 to 22 days of age but became highly significant (P = 10(-18)) at 23 days of age. When litters were...
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