date:Jan 09, 2013
ing that their genes determined a certain body-fat ceiling. And mice that were closely related to each other responded in similar ways to the fatty diet.
The animals represented more than 100 inbred strains of mice, allowing researchers to zero in on 11 regions of the genome that were linked to obesity and fat gain as a result of a high-fat diet. Some of those areas have parallels in people, suggesting that genes play a significant role in the way our bodies respond to what we eat.
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