New Quantitative Trait Loci for the Genetic Variance in Circadian Period of Locomotor Activity between Inbred Strains of Mice

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 450-462

  Hofstetter, J R ^a,b   Trofatter, J A ^a,b   Kernek, K L ^b   Nurnberger, J I ^a,b   Mayeda, A R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Inbred mice; Locomotor behavior; QTL; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INBRED STRAIN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345305750     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730403259468     Document Type: Article

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