Two sites in the Delta gene region contribute to naturally occurring variation in bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 999-1017

  Long, Anthony D ^a,c   Lyman, Richard F ^b   Langley, Charles H ^a   Mackay, Trudy F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC MARKERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031747186     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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