Mapping of Craniofacial Traits in Outbred Mice Identifies Major Developmental Genes Involved in Shape Determination

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Pallares, Luisa F ^a   Carbonetto, Peter ^b,d   Gopalakrishnan, Shyam ^b,e   Parker, Clarissa C ^b,f   Ackert Bicknell, Cheryl L ^c   Palmer, Abraham A ^b,g   Tautz, Diethard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Ancestrycom DNA LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MN1 GENE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED MOUSE STRAIN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKULL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN;

ANIMALS; FACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKULL;

EID: 84949239455     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005607     Document Type: Article

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