The Relationship between Gene Network Structure and Expression Variation among Individuals and Species

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Sears, Karen E ^a   Maier, Jennifer A ^a   Rivas Astroza, Marcelo ^b   Poe, Rachel ^a   Zhong, Sheng ^b   Kosog, Kari ^a   Marcot, Jonathan D ^a   Behringer, Richard R ^c   Cretekos, Chris J ^d   Rasweiler, John J ^e   Rapti, Zoi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^e Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIMB; LIMB BUD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIMB BUDS; MICE; OPOSSUMS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWINE;

EID: 84940749611     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005398     Document Type: Article

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