Effects of the Inbreeding Reproduction on the Obesity Phenotypes Over Generations

Abstract

Materials and Methods: Litters were reduced to 2 males and 2 females after birth and the consanguineous mating was performed in adulthood. A normal litter containing 8 males was used as no consanguineous group to compare the results with those of the reduced litters concerning to follows obesity phenotypes evaluated: Lee index, body mass, food intake, retroperitoneal fat deposit, length of the small intestine, goblet cells number, as well as for the glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL and VLDL levels.