Genomics of a metamorphic timing QTL: Met1 maps to a unique genomic position and regulates morph and species-specific patterns of brain transcription

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1716-1730

  Page, Robert B ^a,c   Boley, Meredith A ^b   Kump, David K ^b   Voss, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Comparative genomics; Linkage mapping; Metamorphic timing; Microarray; QTL

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LINKAGE MAPPING; METABOLISM; METAMORPHIC TIMING; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROARRAY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIAN; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; LINKAGE MAPPING; METAMORPHIC TIMING; MICROARRAY; QTL;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892527032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt123     Document Type: Article

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