A simple method for combining genetic mapping data from multiple crosses and experimental designs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Peirce, Jeremy L ^a   Broman, Karl W ^b   Lu, Lu ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE LOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOFTWARE;

EID: 42049117185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001036     Document Type: Article

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