Genotype identification of 10-day old Zucker rats by lipid content of inguinal fat pad

De Waziers, I.; Planche, E.; Joliff, M.; De Waziers, I; Planche, E; Joliff, M

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Genotype identification of 10-day old Zucker rats by lipid content of inguinal fat pad

De Waziers, I.; Planche, E.; Joliff, M.

International Journal of Obesity 9(1): 21-24

1985

ISSN/ISBN: 0307-0565

PMID: 4019015

Document Number: 242846

Surgical biopsies of the inguinal fat pad were performed on 35 fa/fa and 40 Fa/fa pups, aged 10 days, from eight litters. The lipid content of the pad, expressed as a percentage of the mean in each litter, allowed a 100 percent reliable prediction of the genotype. In three of the eight litters, we compared this method with that based on the frequency distribution of adipocyte size.