Quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 1 and 4 affect lipid phenotypes in the rat.

doi:10.1006/abbi.1998.0686

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Quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 1 and 4 affect lipid phenotypes in the rat.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Jun 1998

Kovács P, Klöting I

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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 quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting serum total cholesterol and triglycerides on chromosomes 1, 3, 4, 10, 13, 18, a...

Topics

Animals
Blood Pressure
Cholesterol
Chromosomes
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Linkage
Inbreeding
Lipids
Male
Phenotype
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Rats
Rats, Inbred BB
Rats, Inbred SHR
Triglycerides
X Chromosome

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