Epistasis affecting litter size in mice

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 593-602

  Peripato, A C ^a,b   De Brito, R A ^b,c   Matioli, S R ^a   Pletscher, L S ^b   Vaughn, T T ^b   Cheverud, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Fitness; Genetic architecture; Litter size; Mice; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

EPISTASIS; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; LITTER SIZE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 2342588228     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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