Genome-wide association mapping in a wild avian population identifies a link between genetic and phenotypic variation in a life-history trait

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1806, 2015, Pages

  Husby, Arild ^a,b,c   Kawakami, Takeshi ^a   Rönnegård, Lars ^d   Smeds, Linnéa ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a   Qvarnström, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg production; Ficedula albicollis; Fitness trait; GWAS; QTL

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; BIRD; CHROMOSOME; CLUTCH SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAPPING METHOD; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84926389494     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0156     Document Type: Article

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