Whole-genome resequencing of extreme phenotypes in collared flycatchers highlights the difficulty of detecting quantitative trait loci in natural populations

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 727-741

  Kardos, Marty ^a   Husby, Arild ^b,c   Mcfarlane, S Eryn ^a   Qvarnström, Anna ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Condition dependent trait; Fitness; Genomewide association analysis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84952333720     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12498     Document Type: Article

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