Genome-Wide Association Study in 3,173 Outbred Rats Identifies Multiple Loci for Body Weight, Adiposity, and Fasting Glucose.
Apurva S ChitreOksana PolesskayaKatie HollJianjun GaoRiyan ChengHannah BimschlegerAngel Garcia MartinezTony GeorgeAlexander F GiletaWenyan HanAidan HorvathAlesa HughsonKeita IshiwariChristopher P KingAlexander LamparelliCassandra L VersaggiConnor MartinCeline L St PierreJordan A TripiTengfei WangHao ChenShelly B FlagelPaul MeyerJerry RichardsTerry E RobinsonAbraham A PalmerLeah C Solberg WoodsPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
This study demonstrates the utility of HS rats for investigating the genetics of obesity-related traits across institutions and identify several candidate genes for future functional testing.