Adiposity QTL Adip20 decomposes into at least four loci when dissected using congenic strains.

Adiposity QTL Adip20 decomposes into at least four loci when dissected using congenic strains.

An average mouse in midlife weighs between 25 and 30 g, with about a gram of tissue in the largest adipose depot (gonadal), and the weight of this depot differs between inbred strains. Specifically, C57BL/6ByJ mice have heavier gonadal depots on average than do 129P3/J mice. To understand the geneti...

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Main Authors: Cailu Lin, Brad D Fesi, Michael Marquis, Natalia P Bosak, Anna Lysenko, Mohammed Amin Koshnevisan, Fujiko F Duke, Maria L Theodorides, Theodore M Nelson, Amanda H McDaniel, Mauricio Avigdor, Charles J Arayata, Lauren Shaw, Alexander A Bachmanov, Danielle R Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5711020?pdf=render

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