A genetic interaction network model of a complex neurological disease

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 831-840

  Tyler, A L ^a   Mcgarr, T C ^a   Beyer, B J ^a   Frankel, W N ^a   Carter, G W ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex trait; Epilepsy; Epistasis; Genetic interaction; Genetic network; Mouse model; Pleiotropy; Quantitative trait analysis; Spike wave discharge; Statistical genetics

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C3HEB/FE MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84911408654     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12178     Document Type: Article

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