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Evidence for the presence of insulin-dependent diabetes-associated alleles on the distal part of mouse chromosome 6.
Genome research - 1 Jun 1998
Melanitou E, Joly F, Lathrop M, Boitard C, Avner P
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (IDDM) is a complex disorder with multifactorial and polygenic etiology. A genome-wide screen performed in a BC1 cohort of a cross between the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse with the diabetes-resistant feral strain PWK detected a major locus contributing to diabetes development on the distal part of chromosome 6. Unlike the majority of other Idd loci identified in intraspecific crosses,...
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