Disease association mapping in Drosophila can be replicated in the wild

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 666-668

  Wilfert, Lena ^a   Jiggins, Francis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Field; Linkage mapping; Natural population; Replication

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SIGMA VIRUS;

EID: 77957882442     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0329     Document Type: Article

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