A genome scan for quantitative trait loci in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1863-1873

  Slate, J ^a,b,c   Visscher, P M ^b   MacGregor, S ^b   Stevens, D ^a   Tate, M L ^a   Pembertont, J M ^b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FITNESS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RED DEER; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 12244290293     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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