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Obesity genes and diabetes induction in the mouse.
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition - 1 Jan 1993
Leiter E H
Abstract excerpt
Obesity, a phenotype having high heritability in humans, constitutes the major risk factor predisposing an individual to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). However, most obese humans do not develop NIDDM, indicating that diabetogenesis entails a complex interaction between obesity genes and other predisposing susceptibility traits. The possible nature of some of these background modifiers is being...
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