Bridging the genotype-phenotype gap: What does it take?

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2055-2066

  Gjuvsland, Arne B ^a   Vik, Jon Olav ^a   Beard, Daniel A ^b   Hunter, Peter J ^c   Omholt, Stig W ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PENETRANCE; PHENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84876310782     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.248864     Document Type: Review

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