Quantitative trait loci in Drosophila

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-20

  Mackay, Trudy F C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 0035230102     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35047544     Document Type: Review

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