The nature of quantitative genetic variation for Drosophila longevity

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 95-104

  Mackay, Trudy F C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficiency mapping; Genotype environment interaction; Linkage disequilibrium mapping; Quantitative trait locus mapping; Sex specific effects

Indexed keywords

COLD STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT STRESS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STARVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LONGEVITY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036132290     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(01)00330-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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