Preimplantation embryo development (Ped) gene copy number varies from 0 to 85 in a population of wild mice identified as Mus musculus domesticus

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 767-778

  Byrne, Michael J ^a   Jones, Gwilym S ^a   Warner, Carol M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBRED STRAIN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 36349035244     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-007-9067-8     Document Type: Article

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