Standards for the publication of mouse mutant studies

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Crusio, W E ^a   Goldowitz, D ^b   Holmes, A ^c   Wolfer, D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; TRANSGENICS; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PUBLICATIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 59149102143     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Note

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