Genetic interactions contribute less than additive effects to quantitative trait variation in yeast

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bloom, Joshua S ^a,b   Kotenko, Iulia ^c   Sadhu, Meru J ^a   Treusch, Sebastian ^d   Albert, Frank W ^a   Kruglyak, Leonid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Twist Bioscience   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

CASE REPORT; EFFECT SIZE; GENE INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; YEAST; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84946594666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9712     Document Type: Article

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