Article
Dissecting the primary causes of genetic hypertension in rats.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 1991
Rapp J P
Abstract excerpt
Blood pressure has a genetic component influenced by several to many genetic loci in both humans and animals; that is, blood pressure is a polygenic trait. Ultimately, the primary causes of genetic hypertension can only be established with genetic techniques. The primary tools for this analysis i...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Genotype
- Hypertension
- Molecular Biology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Renin
