Burly1 is a mouse QTL for lean body mass that maps to a 0.8-Mb region on chromosome 2
Cailu Lin, Brad D. Fesi, Michael Marquis, Natalia P. Bosak, Anna Lysenko, Mohammed Amin Koshnevisan, Fujiko F. Duke, Maria L. Theodorides, Theodore M. Nelson, Amanda H. McDaniel, Mauricio Avigdor, Charles J. Arayata, Lauren C. Shaw, Alexander A. Bachmanov, Danielle R. Reed
This study fine maps a mouse QTL for lean body mass (Burly1) to a 0.8-Mb region on chromosome 2, showing the B6 allele increases lean body mass without affecting food intake or activity.
Mammalian Genome · May 8, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics