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Dwarfism and Increased Adiposity in the gh1 Mutant Zebrafish vizzini
2 Mar 2013
Abstract excerpt
Somatic growth and adipogenesis are closely associated with the development of obesity in humans. In this study, we identify a zebrafish mutant, vizzini, that exhibits both a severe defect in somatic growth and increased accumulation of adipose tissue. Positional cloning of vizzini revealed a premature stop codon in gh1. Although the effects of GH are largely through igfs in mammals, we found no decrease in the...
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