Change in maternal environment induced by cross-fostering alters genetic and epigenetic effects on complex traits in mice

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1669, 2009, Pages 2949-2954

  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

Cross fostering; Genomic imprinting; Maternal environment; Mice; Phenotypic plasticity; QTL

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; MOTHER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 68249103839     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0515     Document Type: Article

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