Relative contribution of additive, dominance, and imprinting effects to phenotypic variation in body size and growth between divergent selection lines of mice

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1118-1128

  Hager, Reinmar ^a   Cheverud, James M ^b   Wolf, Jason B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Mice; Phenotypic variation; QTL; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMPRINTING; PHENOTYPE; RODENT; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS);

MUS;

EID: 64749101410     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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