Efficient quantitative morphological phenotyping of genetically altered organisms using stereology

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-145

  Lucocq, John Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Morphology; Mouse knockin; Mouse knockout; Phenotyping; Stereology; Transgenic; Unbiased quantification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; GENOMICS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33947303331     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9048-9     Document Type: Review

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