The genetic architecture of quantitative traits: Lessons from Drosophila

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-257

  Mackay, Trudy F C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ddc; Dopa decarboxylase; LD; linkage disequilibrium; QTL; QTN; quantitative trait locus; quantitative trait nucleotide; recombinant inbred; RI; smell impaired; smi

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTAGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

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EID: 2542454771     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.04.003     Document Type: Review

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