The human obesity gene map: the 1997 update.

doi:10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00318.x

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The human obesity gene map: the 1997 update.

Obesity research - 1 Jan 1998

Chagnon Y C, Pérusse L, Bouchard C

Abstract excerpt

An update of the human obesity gene map incorporating published results up to October 1997 is presented. Evidence from Mendelian disorders exhibiting obesity as a clinical feature; single-gene mutation rodent models; quantitative trait loci uncovered in human genome-wide scans and in crossbreedin...

Topics

Animals
Body Mass Index
Chromosome Mapping
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Leptin
Mice
Mutation
Obesity
Phenotype
Proteins
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Rats

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