Combining QTL data for HDL cholesterol levels from two different species leads to smaller confidence intervals

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 426-432

  Cox, A ^a   Sheehan, S M ^a   Kloting I ^b   Paigen, B ^a   Korstanje, R ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

HDL; mouse; QTL; rat

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALLELE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOTYPE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MICE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77958497222     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.75     Document Type: Article

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