The Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Traits Cannot Be Inferred from Variance Component Analysis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Huang, Wen ^a   Mackay, Trudy F C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; VARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 85000398805     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006421     Document Type: Article

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