Alleles of the spontaneously hypertensive rat decrease blood pressure at loci on chromosomes 4 and 13.

doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.7342

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Alleles of the spontaneously hypertensive rat decrease blood pressure at loci on chromosomes 4 and 13.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 18 Sept 1997

Kovács P, Voigt B, Klöting I

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In this study the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR/Mol) and the spontaneously diabetic BB/OK rat were crossed, and the F1 hybrids were backcrossed onto the BB/OK rat in order to search for cosegregation between blood pressure and loci on chromosomes 4 and 13. Cosegregation of microsatellites o...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Blood Pressure
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Female
Genetic Linkage
Hypertension
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred BB
Rats, Inbred SHR

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