Genomic variation in the vomeronasal receptor gene repertoires of inbred mice

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wynn, Elizabeth H ^a   Sánchez Andrade, Gabriela ^a   Carss, Keren J ^a   Logan, Darren W ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Genome sequencing; Mouse; Olfaction; Pheromone; Receptor; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMELLING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MUS;

EID: 84865076224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-415     Document Type: Article

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