Evolution of pleiotropy: Epistatic interaction pattern supports a mechanistic model underlying variation in genotype-phenotype map

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 371-385

  Pavlicev, Mihaela ^a   Norgard, Elizabeth A ^b   Fawcett, Gloria L ^c   Cheverud, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 79958841819     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21410     Document Type: Article

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