Genetic complexity of an obesity QTL (Fob3) revealed by detailed genetic mapping

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 472-481

  Stylianou, Ioannis M ^a,b   Christians, Julian K ^b   Keightley, Peter D ^b   Bünger, Lutz ^c   Clinton, Michael ^a   Bulfield, Grahame ^a,b   Horvat, Simon ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Bush Estate   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CHROMOSOME 15; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SELECTION; INTROGRESSION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT GENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542440445     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-004-3039-z     Document Type: Article

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