Quantitative trait loci for growth and body size in the nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius L.

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5861-5876

  Laine, Veronika N ^a   Shikano, Takahito ^b   Herczeg, Gábor ^b,c   Vilkki, Johanna ^d   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

body size; growth; linkage map; QTL; quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

BODY SIZE; GROWTH; LINKAGE MAP; QTL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84888644427     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12526     Document Type: Article

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