Universality and predictability in molecular quantitative genetics

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 684-693

  Nourmohammad, Armita ^a   Held, Torsten ^b   Lässig, Michael ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING AFFINITY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84889596682     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.11.001     Document Type: Review

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