Open AccessTranscriptional Profiling of Chromosome 17 Quantitative Trait Loci for Carbohydrate and Total Calorie Intake in a Mouse Congenic Strain Reveals Candidate Genes and Pathways
Author(s) -
K. Ganesh Kumar,
Brenda Richards
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lifestyle genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2504-3188
pISSN - 2504-3161
DOI - 10.1159/000113657
Subject(s) - congenic , quantitative trait locus , biology , gene , candidate gene , phenotype , gene expression , genetics
The genetic basis for ingestive behaviors is virtually unknown. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for carbohydrate and energy intake map to mouse chromosome 17 and were previously confirmed by a congenic strain bearing CAST/Ei (CAST) donor segment on the C57BL/6J (B6) background.
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