Article
Single gene obesities in rodents: possible relevance to human obesity.
The Journal of nutrition - 1 Sept 1997
Leibel R L
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a complex phenotype which "resolves" the influences of genes, development and environment. In any individual - and in the same individual at different times of life - the relative influence of these factors may vary. In this sense, obesity is a prototype of many of the diseases now con...
Topics
- Animals
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Obesity
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Species Specificity