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Changes in gene expression foreshadow diet-induced obesity in genetically identical mice.
PLoS genetics - 1 May 2006
Koza Robert A, Nikonova Larissa, Hogan Jessica, Rim Jong-Seop, Mendoza Tamra, Faulk Christopher, Skaf Jihad, Kozak Leslie P
Abstract excerpt
High phenotypic variation in diet-induced obesity in male C57BL/6J inbred mice suggests a molecular model to investigate non-genetic mechanisms of obesity. Feeding mice a high-fat diet beginning at 8 wk of age resulted in a 4-fold difference in adiposity. The phenotypes of mice characteristic of high or low gainers were evident by 6 wk of age, when mice were still on a low-fat diet; they were amplified after...
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