Genetic variances and covariances of aerobic metabolic rates in laboratory mice

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1673, 2009, Pages 3695-3704

  Wone, Bernard ^a   Sears, Michael W ^a,b   Labocha, Marta K ^a   Donovan, Edward R ^a,c   Hayes, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Animal model; Endothermy; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENDOTHERMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; METABOLISM; OXIC CONDITIONS; RODENT; SELECTION;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70350221989     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0980     Document Type: Article

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