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- Offers a comprehensive review of efforts aimed at uncovering genetic variants associated with obesity
- Reviews genome-wide association studies, along with studies on monogenic and polygenic obesity
- Identifies the most promising research areas, methods, and strategies for use in future efforts to understand the genetic basis of obesities and their consequences on human health, including nutrigenomics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Book Title: Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning the Development of Obesity
Editors: Clévio Nóbrega, Raquel Rodriguez-López
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12766-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12765-1Published: 30 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37629-5Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12766-8Published: 12 December 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 194
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Genetics, Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology