Epistatic interactions of genes influence within-individual variation of physical activity traits in mice

Genetica

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 813-821

  Leamy, Larry J ^a   Pomp, Daniel ^b,c,d   Lightfoot, J Timothy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; House mice; Physical activity traits; Pleiotropy; Within individual variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79959263597     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-011-9586-9     Document Type: Article

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