A quantitative genetic and epigenetic model of complex traits

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Zhong ^a,b   Wang, Zuoheng ^c   Wang, Jianxin ^d   Sui, Yihan ^d   Zhang, Jian ^a   Liao, Duanping ^b   Wu, Rongling ^b  

^a Yuanpeng Institute of Genome   (China)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TRAITS; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; GENETIC THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC TRAITS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MODELS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867767058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-274     Document Type: Article

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