The genetic basis of emotional behaviour in mice

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-728

  Willis Owen, Saffron A G ^a   Flint, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotionality; Mouse; QTL; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; METHIONINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMOTIONS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33744494541     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201569     Document Type: Review

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