Fat and Skinny Mice

Created By:
Good,D.J

About the Image

The Nhlh2 knockout mice show adult-onset obesity. The mouse on the left is normal and weighed about 35 grams, while the mouse on the right is an Nhlh2 knockout mouse and weighed about 100 grams when this photo was taken. More information on these animals is available at http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~dgoodlab/

Steven D. Brewer -- sbrewer@bio.umass.edu
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST