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Evidence for primary genetic determination of heart rate regulation: chromosomal mapping of a genetic locus in the rat.
Circulation - 19 Aug 1997
Kreutz R, Struk B, Stock P, Hübner N, Ganten D, Lindpaintner K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether an accelerated heart rate (HR), observed in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP(HD)), is a primary, genetically determined trait and whether it contributes to blood pressure (BP) regulation in this model of polygenic hypertension. METHODS AND RESULTS: We measured BP and HR in SHRSP(HD) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), as well as in F2 hybrids bred...
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