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Seasonal effects of the UCP3 and the RPTOR gene polymorphisms on obesity traits in Japanese adults.
Journal of physiological anthropology - 22 Dec 2014
Nakayama Kazuhiro, Miyashita Hiroshi, Iwamoto Sadahiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) involves a substantial amount of energy expenditure in humans and, thus, contributes to reducing the risk for obesity. Molecular evolutionary studies have reported that SNPs in/near the uncoupling protein 3 gene (UCP3) and the regulatory associated pr...
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