Uncovering cryptic genetic variation

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 681-690

  Gibson, Greg ^a   Dworkin, Ian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPLOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; MAIZE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4344673117     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1426     Document Type: Review

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