Genetic architecture of quantitative traits in mice, flies, and humans

Genome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 723-733

  Flint, Jonathan ^a   Mackay, Trudy F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 66049159816     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.086660.108     Document Type: Review

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