Why don't pigs get diabetes? Explanations for variations in diabetes susceptibility in human populations living in a diabetogenic environment

CMAJ. 2006 Jan 3;174(1):25-6. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.050649.
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MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Animals, Wild
  • Biological Evolution
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / physiopathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / veterinary*
  • Diet
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Environment
  • Ethnicity
  • Exercise
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Humans
  • Racial Groups
  • Risk Factors
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Swine / genetics*
  • Swine / physiology*