Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Retinal Degeneration in the Blind Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  O'Quin, Kelly E ^a   Yoshizawa, Masato ^a   Doshi, Pooja ^a   Jeffery, William R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; FISH; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL THICKNESS; ZEBRA FISH;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BLINDNESS; CAVES; CHARACIDAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DARKNESS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; MORPHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 84874245870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057281     Document Type: Article

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