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How mice are indispensable for understanding obesity and diabetes genetics.
Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity - 1 Apr 2017
Attie Alan D, Churchill Gary A, Nadeau Joseph H
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The task of cataloging human genetic variation and its relation to disease is rapidly approaching completion. The new challenge is to discover the function of disease-associated genes and to understand the pathways that lead to human disease. We propose that achieving this new level of understanding will increasingly rely on the use of model organisms. We discuss the advantages of the mouse as...
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