Quantitative genetics of age-related retinal degeneration: A second F1 intercross between the A/J and C57BL/6 strains

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 79-85

  Danciger, M ^a,b   Yang, H ^c   Ralston, R ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Matthes, M T ^c   Peirce, J ^d   La Vail, M M ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 6; COISOGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INBRED STRAIN; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

AGING; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SEX FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33846488510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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