Genetic architecture for hole-board behaviors across substantial time intervals in young, middle-aged and old mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 714-727

  Foreman, J E ^a   Lionikas, A ^a   Lang, D H ^a   Gyekis, J P ^a   Krishnan, M ^a   Sharkey, N A ^a   Gerhard, G S ^b   Grant, M D ^a   Vogler, G P ^a   MacK, H A ^a   Stout, J T ^a   Griffith, J W ^c   Lakoski, J M ^c,d   Hofer, S M ^a,e   McClearn, G E ^a   Vandenbergh, D J ^a   Blizard, D A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Aging; Life span; QTL; Rears; Squares

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR SKILLS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 70349680981     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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