Mapping of obesity QTLs in a cross between mouse lines divergently selected on fat content

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-7

  Horvat, Simon ^a   Bünger, Lutz ^b   Falconer, Victoria M ^a   Mackay, Pamela ^a   Andy, Law ^a   Bulfield, Grahame ^a   Keightley, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033981432     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003350010002     Document Type: Article

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