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Susceptibility and negative epistatic loci contributing to type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes in a KK/Ta mouse model.
Diabetes - 1 Aug 2001
Shike T, Hirose S, Kobayashi M, Funabiki K, Shirai T, Tomino Y
Abstract excerpt
The KK/Ta mouse strain serves as a suitable polygenic model for human type 2 diabetes. Using 93 microsatellite markers in 208 KK/Ta x (BALB/c x KK/Ta)F1 male backcross mice, we carried out a genome-wide linkage analysis of KK/Ta alleles contributing to type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes, such as obesity and dyslipidemia. We identified three major chromosomal intervals significantly contributing to impaired...
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