Mapping an overdominant quantitative trait locus for heterosis of body weight in mice

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-504

  Ishikawa, Akira ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Heterosis; Mice; Overdominance; QTL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HETEROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HYBRID VIGOR; MALE; MICE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS CASTANEUS;

EID: 67650336828     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp004     Document Type: Article

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