The future of model organisms in human disease research

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 575-582

  Aitman, Timothy J ^a   Boone, Charles ^b   Churchill, Gary A ^c   Hengartner, Michael O ^d   MacKay, Trudy F C ^e   Stemple, Derek L ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODEL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79960527515     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3047     Document Type: Review

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