Obesity genes revealed
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 01:56
in Biology & Nature
A study of 228 women has revealed genetic variants responsible for body shape. Based on work in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, research published today in the open access journal BMC Genetics identifies natural variation in the human LAMA5 gene as a key determinant of weight.
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