Reverse engineering the genotype-phenotype map with natural genetic variation

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7223, 2008, Pages 738-744

  Rockman, Matthew V ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PERTURBATION; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; RECOMBINATION;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW;

EID: 57649124192     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07633     Document Type: Review

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