Genotypic selection provides experimental confirmation for an alcohol consumption quantitative trait locus in mouse

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 486-489

  McClearn, G E ^a,d   Tarantino, L M ^a   Rodriguez, L A ^a,b   Jones, B C ^a   Blizard, D A ^a   Plomin, R ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CELERA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Intercross; Marker based selection; QTL

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031404939     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000320     Document Type: Article

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