Genetic architecture of nest building in mice LG/J × SM/J

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Sauce, Bruno ^a   de Brito, Reinaldo Alves ^a   Peripato, Andrea Cristina ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Fitness; Maternal behavior; Mice; QTL

Indexed keywords

MUS;

EID: 84871607924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00090     Document Type: Article

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