Power matters in closing the phenotyping gap

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-406

  Meyer, Carola W ^a   Elvert, Ralf ^a,b,c   Scherag, André ^a   Ehrhardt, Nicole ^a,b   Gailus Durner, Valerie ^b   Fuchs, Helmut ^b   Schäfer, Helmut ^a   Hrabé De Angelis, Martin ^b   Heldmaier, Gerhard ^a   Klingenspor, Martin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mouse mutants; Phenotyping; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY USE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 34247335031     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0203-1     Document Type: Article

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