Studies of natural allele effects in mice can be used to identify genes causing common human obesity.

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Although genes causing rare Mendelian forms of human obesity have provided much useful information about underlying causes of obesity, these genes do not explain significant proportions of common obesity. This review presents evidence that animal models can be used to uncover subtle genetic effects on obesity and can provide a powerful rigorous compliment to human association studies. We discuss the advantages of...

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