Epistasis in a quantitative trait captured by a molecular model of transcription factor interactions

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Gertz, Jason ^a   Gerke, Justin P ^a   Cohen, Barak A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Gene regulation; Quantitative traits; Thermodynamic models; Yeast

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; DNA; EPISTASIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SPORULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORES, FUNGAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 72549097005     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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