Genomic dissection of variation in clutch size and egg mass in a wild great tit (Parus major) population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3949-3962

  Santure, Anna W ^a   De Cauwer, Isabelle ^a,b   Robinson, Matthew R ^a   Poissant, Jocelyn ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^c   Slate, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Univ Lille   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

association study; genomics; life history evolution; QTL mapping; quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION STUDY; CLUTCH SIZE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SONGBIRD;

ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION; QTL MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84880814649     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12376     Document Type: Article

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