Article
Antioxidant enzymes and atherosclerosis in Japanese quail: heritability and genetic correlation estimates.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Jul 1997
Cheng K M, Aggrey S E, Nichols C R, Garnett M E, Godin D V
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To estimate, in male quail susceptible to atherosclerotic plaque formation (SUS) fed a regular diet and an atherogenic diet, the genetic and phenotypic parameters associated with antioxidant enzymes and atherogenesis. DESIGN: Genetic parameters were estimated from variance components...
Topics
- Animals
- Aorta
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, Dietary
- Coturnix
- Diet, Atherogenic
- Disease Models, Animal
- Fatty Liver
- Glutathione Peroxidase
- Glutathione Reductase
- Male
- Phenotype
- Triglycerides