Theoretical and empirical issues for marker-assisted breeding of congenic mouse strains

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-284

  Markel, Paul ^a   Shu, Pei ^a   Ebeling, Chris ^b   Carlson, George A ^b   Nagle, Deborah L ^a   Smutko, John S ^a   Moore, Karen J ^a  

^a MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENETIC SELECTION; INHERITANCE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BREEDING; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0030659604     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1197-280     Document Type: Article

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