Genetic analysis of extended life span in Drosophila melanogaster II. Replication of the backcross test and molecular characterization of the N14 locus

Genetica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-39

  Resler, Amy S ^a,b   Kelly, Kristi ^a   Kantor, Geri ^a   Khazaeli, Aziz A ^a   Tatar, Marc ^a,c   Curtsinger, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Life span; Polygenic characters; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; CHROMOSOME 3; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032434563     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003420625925     Document Type: Article

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