Wild worm embryogenesis harbors ubiquitous polygenic modifier variation

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue AUGUST2015, 2015, Pages

  Paaby, Annalise B ^a   White, Amelia G ^a   Riccardi, David D ^a   Gunsalus, Kristin C ^a,b   Piano, Fabio ^a,b   Rockman, Matthew V ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84941892482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.09178     Document Type: Article

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