Phenomics: The next challenge

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 855-866

  Houle, David ^a   Govindaraju, Diddahally R ^b   Omholt, Stig ^c,d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 78549246207     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2897     Document Type: Review

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