Know thy mouse

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 649-653

  Taft, Robert A ^a   Davisson, Muriel ^a   Wiles, Michael V ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750936733     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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