A quantitative genetic analysis of locomotor activity in CXB recombinant inbred mice

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-328

  Toth, L A ^a   Williams, R W ^b,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BALB cByJ; C57BL 6J; Circadian; Locomotor activity; QTL; Recombinant inbred mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033504421     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021657800287     Document Type: Article

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