The Genetics of Human Obesity

Animal models with altered genetic expression - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Summary and conclusions -The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Association studies - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Quantitative trait loci (QTL) - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Linkage disequilibrium - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Linkage disequilibrium (Figure 2.2)  is defined as the non-random association between two alleles at two different loci on the same chromosome.  Although similar to linkage and based on…


 

Linkage studies - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Gene interactions - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Single gene defects - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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How much of obesity is genetic?
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Why has the genetics of obesity been difficult to study?
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Positional approaches - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Syndromic obesity - The Genetics of Human Obesity
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Prader–Willi syndrome Long known to result from the deletion of a paternally inherited 4–4.5-Mb segment of chromosome 15, Prader–Willi syndrome

(PWS)  exhibits the interesting phenomenon of ‘genetic…


 

How to identify obesity genes
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Is there a major gene for obesity?
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