The Power of Natural Variation for Model Organism Biology

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 147-154

  Gasch, Audrey P ^a   Payseur, Bret A ^a   Pool, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic background; Genetic mechanism; Laboratory strain; Model organism; Natural variation; Phenotypic diversity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LABORATORY; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NATURAL VARIATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIATION;

GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84958761275     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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