Test of candidate gene--quantitative trait locus association applied to fatness in mice.

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We test for the contribution of five strong candidate genes for obesity to quantitative variation for fatness in mice. The candidate loci are known through their major mutant phenotypes. We propose a randomization test for overall contribution of candidate genes, based on the empirical distribution of LOD scores from a quantitative trait locus (QTL) genome scan. The test is applied to data on body fat content and...

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