Genetic Interactions Involving Five or More Genes Contribute to a Complex Trait in Yeast

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Taylor, Matthew B ^a   Ehrenreich, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; END3 GENE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IRA2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRR1 GENE; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901599270     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004324     Document Type: Article

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