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Characterization of a novel obesity phenotype caused by interspecific hybridization.
Archives of physiology and biochemistry - 1 Dec 2008
Singh Umashankar, Rizvi Farhan, Yu Yang, Shi Wei, Orth Annie, Karimi Mohsen, Ekström Tomas J, Plagge Antonius, Kelsey Gavin, Fundele Reinald
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Interspecific hybridization in mammals causes hybrid dysgenesis effects, such as sterility and abnormal placentation. Here, we describe a novel obesity syndrome caused by interspecific hybridization in the genus Mus and show that this obesity, appearing sporadically in F1 littermates...
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