Of "mice" and mammals: Utilizing classical inbred mice to study the genetic architecture of function and performance in mammals

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-337

  Vinyard, Christopher J ^a   Payseur, Bret A ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 51849095579     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn063     Document Type: Article

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