Human Obesity Genes Revealed Based On Fly Experiments

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 21:21 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, new research identifies natural variation in the human LAMA5 gene as a key determinant of weight.

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