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Novel quantitative trait loci for blood pressure and related traits on rat chromosomes 1, 10, and 18.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 18 Jun 1997
Kovács P, Voigt B, Klöting I
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are known to be frequently associated. The genetic dissection of diseases such as hypertension or diabetes mellitus is possible by using experimental crosses, which allow identification of loci influencing phenotypic traits (quantitative trait loci - QTLs). In this study the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and spontaneously diabetic, but normotensive rat (BB/OK) were...
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