QTL analysis of type I and type IIA fibers in soleus muscle in a cross between LG/J and SM/J mouse strains

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Carroll, Andrew M ^a   Palmer, Abraham A ^b   Lionikas, Arimantas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Muscle fiber types; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84870052876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00099     Document Type: Article

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