Publications
Exome sequencing reveals novel genetic loci influencing obesity-related traits in Hispanic children. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 ;25(7):1270-1276.
. Genetic influences on response to novel objects and dimensions of personality in Papio baboons. Behav Genet. 2015 ;45(2):215-27.
. A preliminary report on the feeding of cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with a high-sugar high-fat diet for 33 weeks. J Med Primatol. 2011 ;40(5):335-41.
. Resequencing of IRS2 reveals rare variants for obesity but not fasting glucose homeostasis in Hispanic children. Physiol Genomics. 2011 ;43(18):1029-37.
. Evidence that multiple genetic variants of MC4R play a functional role in the regulation of energy expenditure and appetite in Hispanic children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 ;91(1):191-9.
. Identification of a QTL for adipocyte volume and of shared genetic effects with aspartate aminotransferase. Biochem Genet. 2010 ;48(5-6):538-47.
. The prolonged effect of repeated maternal glucocorticoid exposure on the maternal and fetal leptin/insulin-like growth factor axis in Papio species. Reprod Sci. 2009 ;16(3):308-19.
. Quantitative loci regulating plasma levels of gamma glutamyl transferase and albumin and their genetic correlations with cardiovascular risk factors. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2009 ;234(12):vi, 1519-24.
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