Genetic architecture of the mouse hippocampus: Identification of gene loci with selective regional effects

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 238-252

  Peirce, J L ^a   Chesler, E J ^a   Williams, R W ^a   Lu, L ^a  

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

Author keywords

BXD recombinant inbred strain; C57BL 6J; Complex trait analysis; DBA 2J; Heritability; Mouse brain; Quantitative trait locus (QTL); Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0041466244     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-183X.2003.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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