A binge-eating fish in Mexico shares a genetic mutation found in people with insatiable appetites that leads to obesity, researchers have found. Clifford Tabin, head of the Department of Genetics and George Jacob and Jacqueline Hazel Leder Professor of Geneticsis, is lead author of the study. Nicolas Rohner, research fellow in genetics, and Ariel Aspiras, research assistant in genetics, are study coauthors.
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