Discovery genetics: Serendipity in basic research

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-345

  Davisson, Muriel T ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward genetics; Model; Mouse; Mutation; Resource; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CADHERIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; COPPER EXPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; F BOX PROTEIN; FIBRILLIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROCOLLAGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRISCELLI SYNDROME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PHENOTYPE; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; USHER SYNDROME; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24644507139     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.4.338     Document Type: Article

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