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Genetic, sex, and diet effects on body weight and obesity in the Berlin Fat Mouse Inbred lines.
Physiological genomics - 27 Nov 2006
Wagener Asja, Schmitt Armin O, Aksu Soner, Schlote Werner, Neuschl Christina, Brockmann Gudrun A
Abstract excerpt
Mouse lines long-term selected for high fatness offer the possibility to identify individual genes involved in the development of obesity. The Berlin Fat Mouse (BFM) line has been selected for low protein content and afterward for high fatness. Three Berlin Fat Mouse Inbred (BFMI) lines, which are derivates of the selection line BFM and an unselected control line (C57BL/6; B6) were systematically phenotyped...
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