Use of contiguous congenic strains in analyzing compound QTLs

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-120

  Rapp, John P ^a   Joe, Bina ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dahl rats; Hypertension; Polygenic inheritance; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

CONTIG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENIC STRAIN; FOLLOW UP; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84856680844     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00136.2011     Document Type: Article

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