Flanking gene and genetic background problems in genetically manipulated mice

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Crusio, Wim E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

dominance; genetics; linkage; Mutants

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMOTIONALITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHIMERA; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 4444264384     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.12.026     Document Type: Review

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