Caenorhabditis elegans as a platform for molecular quantitative genetics and the systems biology of natural variation

Genetics Research

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 331-348

  Gaertner, Bryn E ^a   Phillips, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SENSING; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 79957447950     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672310000601     Document Type: Article

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