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Gene discovery and the genetic basis of calcium consumption.
Physiology & behavior - 6 Aug 2008
Tordoff Michael G
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This review makes the case that gene discovery is a worthwhile approach to the study of ingestive behavior in general and to calcium appetite in particular. A description of the methods used to discover genes is provided for non-geneticists. Areas covered include the characterization of an appropriate phenotype, the choice of suitable mouse strains, the generation of a hybrid cross, interval mapping, congenic...
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