Comparative Analyses of QTLs Influencing Obesity and Metabolic Phenotypes in Pigs and Humans.

Comparative Analyses of QTLs Influencing Obesity and Metabolic Phenotypes in Pigs and Humans.

The pig is a well-known animal model used to investigate genetic and mechanistic aspects of human disease biology. They are particularly useful in the context of obesity and metabolic diseases because other widely used models (e.g. mice) do not completely recapitulate key pathophysiological features...

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Main Authors: Sameer D Pant, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen, Mette J Jacobsen, Susanna Cirera, Lisette J A Kogelman, Camilla S Bruun, Thomas Mark, Claus B Jørgensen, Niels Grarup, Emil V R Appel, Ehm A A Galjatovic, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Maryse Guerin, Thierry Huby, Philipppe Lesnik, Theo H E Meuwissen, Haja N Kadarmideen, Merete Fredholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4562524?pdf=render

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