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Mapping the genetic basis of diabetes mellitus in the Australian Burmese cat (Felis catus).
Scientific reports - 5 Nov 2020
Samaha Georgina, Wade Claire M, Beatty Julia, Lyons Leslie A, Fleeman Linda M, Haase Bianca
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus, a common endocrinopathy affecting domestic cats, shares many clinical and pathologic features with type 2 diabetes in humans. In Australia and Europe, diabetes mellitus is almost four times more common among Burmese cats than in other breeds. As a genetically isolated population, the diabetic Australian Burmese cat provides a spontaneous genetic model for studying diabetes mellitus in humans....
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