Allele-specific gene expression in a wild nonhuman primate population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 725-739

  Tung, J ^a   Akinyi, M Y ^b,c   Mutura, S ^b   Altmann, J ^b,d   Wray, G A ^a   Alberts, S C ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allele specific gene expression; allelic imbalance; Amboseli baboons; cis regulation; gene environment interaction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABOON; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 79551674431     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04970.x     Document Type: Article

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