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Putting tubby on the MAP

The identification of a modifier of the tubby mutation, associated with deafness, neuronal degeneration and obesity, offers new insights into the molecular mechanisms of sound perception and its disorders.

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Grant, S. Putting tubby on the MAP. Nat Genet 30, 347–348 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0402-347

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