The Conditional Nature of Genetic Interactions: The Consequences of Wild-Type Backgrounds on Mutational Interactions in a Genome-Wide Modifier Screen

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chari, Sudarshan ^a   Dworkin, Ian ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, MODIFIER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, INSECT; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; WING;

EID: 84884615215     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003661     Document Type: Article

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