Genetic architecture of growth traits revealed by global epistatic interactions

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 909-914

  Xu, Lin ^a   Jiang, Huifeng ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Gu, Zhenglong ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Growth trait; Hub genes

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE DELETION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; GROWTH; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84856057850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr065     Document Type: Article

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