Natural variation in neuron number in mice is linked to a major quantitative trait locus on Chr 11

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 138-146

  Williams, Robert W ^a,b   Strom, Richelle C ^a   Goldowitz, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Anatomy and Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Brain weight; Composite interval mapping; Gene polymorphism; Inner nuclear layer; Linkage analysis; Mouse chromosome 11; Natural variation; Neuron number; Optic nerve; Outer nuclear layer; Quantitative trait locus; Recombinant inbred strains; Regression analysis; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 11; EVOLUTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0031963833     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00138.1998     Document Type: Article

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