Prevalence of sexual dimorphism in mammalian phenotypic traits

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Karp, Natasha A ^a,b   Mason, Jeremy ^c   Beaudet, Arthur L ^d   Benjamini, Yoav ^e   Bower, Lynette ^f   Braun, Robert E ^g   Brown, Steve D M ^h   Chesler, Elissa J ^g   Dickinson, Mary E ^d   Flenniken, Ann M ⁱ   Fuchs, Helmut ^j   de Angelis, Martin Hrabe ^j,k,l   Gao, Xiang ^m   Guo, Shiying ^m   Greenaway, Simon ^h   Heller, Ruth ^e   Herault, Yann ^n,o,p,q,r   Justice, Monica J ^s   Kurbatova, Natalja ^e   Lelliott, Christopher J ^a   Lloyd, K C Kent ^f   Mallon, Ann Marie ^h   Mank, Judith E ^t   Masuya, Hiroshi ^u   McKerlie, Colin ^i,s   Meehan, Terrence F ^c   Mott, Richard F ^t   Murray, Stephen A ^g   Parkinson, Helen ^c   Ramirez Solis, Ramiro ^a   Santos, Luis ^h   Seavitt, John R ^d   Smedley, Damian ^v   Sorg, Tania ^n,o,p,q,r   Speak, Anneliese O ^a   Steel, Karen P ^a,w   Svenson, Karen L ^g   Wakana, Shigeharu ^u   West, David ^x   Wells, Sara ^h   Westerberg, Henrik ^h   Yaacoby, Shay ^e   White, Jacqueline K ^a,g   Obata, Yuichi ^u   Suzuki, Tomohiro ^u   Tamura, Masaru ^u   Kaneda, Hideki ^u   Furuse, Tamio ^u   Kobayashi, Kimio ^u   Miura, Ikuo ^u   Yamada, Ikuko ^u   Tanaka, Nobuhiko ^u   Yoshiki, Atsushi ^u   Ayabe, Shinya ^u   Clary, David A ^f   Tolentino, Heather A ^f   Schuchbauer, Michael A ^f   Tolentino, Todd ^f   Aprile, Joseph Anthony ^f   Pedroia, Sheryl M ^f   Kelsey, Lois ⁱ   Vukobradovic, Igor ⁱ   Berberovic, Zorana ⁱ   Owen, Celeste ⁱ   Qu, Dawei ⁱ   Guo, Ruolin ⁱ   Newbigging, Susan ⁱ   Morikawa, Lily ⁱ   Law, Napoleon ⁱ   Shang, Xueyuan ⁱ   Feugas, Patricia ⁱ   Wang, Yanchun ⁱ   Eskandarian, Mohammad ⁱ   Zhu, Yingchun ⁱ   Nutter, Lauryl M J ⁱ   Penton, Patricia ⁱ   Laurin, Valerie ⁱ   Clarke, Shannon ⁱ   Lan, Qing ⁱ   Sohel, Khondoker ⁱ   Miller, David ⁱ   Clark, Greg ⁱ   Hunter, Jane ⁱ   Cabezas, Jorge ⁱ   Bubshait, Mohammed ⁱ   Carroll, Tracy ⁱ   Tondat, Sandra ⁱ   Macmaster, Suzanne ⁱ   Pereira, Monica ⁱ   Gertsenstein, Marina ⁱ   Danisment, Ozge ⁱ   Jacob, Elsa ⁱ   Creighton, Amie ⁱ   Sleep, Gillian ⁱ   Clark, James ^g   Teboul, Lydia ^h   Fray, Martin ^h   Caulder, Adam ^h   Loeffler, Jorik ^h   Codner, Gemma ^h   Cleak, James ^h   Johnson, Sara ^h   Szoke Kovacs, Zsombor ^h   Radage, Adam ^h   Maritati, Marina ^h   Mianne, Joffrey ^h   Gardiner, Wendy ^h   Allen, Susan ^h   Cater, Heather ^h   Stewart, Michelle ^h   Keskivali Bond, Piia ^h   Sinclair, Caroline ^a   Brown, Ellen ^a   Doe, Brendan ^a   Wardle Jones, Hannah ^a   Grau, Evelyn ^a   Griggs, Nicola ^a   Woods, Mike ^a   Kundi, Helen ^a   Griffiths, Mark N D ^a   Kipp, Christian ^a   Melvin, David G ^a   Raj, Navis P S ^a   Holroyd, Simon A ^a   Gannon, David J ^a   Alcantara, Rafael ^a   Galli, Antonella ^a   Hooks, Yvette E ^a   Tudor, Catherine L ^a   Green, Angela L ^a   Kussy, Fiona L ^a   Tuck, Elizabeth J ^a   Siragher, Emma J ^a   Maguire, Simon A ^a   Lafont, David T ^a   Vancollie, Valerie E ^a   Pearson, Selina A ^a   Gates, Amy S ^a   Sanderson, Mark ^a   Shannon, Carl ^a   Anthony, Lauren F E ^a   Sumowski, Maksymilian T ^a   McLaren, Robbie S B ^a   Swiatkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Isherwood, Christopher M ^a   Cambridge, Emma L ^a   Wilson, Heather M ^a   Caetano, Susana S ^a   Mazzeo, Cecilia Icoresi ^a   Dabrowska, Monika H ^a   Lillistone, Charlotte ^a   Estabel, Jeanne ^a   Maguire, Anna Karin B ^a   Roberson, Laura Anne ^a   Pavlovic, Guillaume ⁿ   Birling, Marie Christine ⁿ   Marie, Wattenhofer Donze ⁿ   Jacquot, Sylvie ⁿ   Ayadi, Abdel ⁿ   Ali Hadji, Dalila ⁿ   Charles, Philippe ⁿ   André, Philippe ⁿ   Le Marchand, Elise ⁿ   El Amri, Amal ⁿ   Vasseur, Laurent ⁿ   Aguilar Pimentel, Antonio ^j   Becker, Lore ^j   Treise, Irina ^j   Moreth, Kristin ^j   Stoeger, Tobias ^j   Amarie, Oana V ^j   Neff, Frauke ^j   Wurst, Wolfgang ^j,k,y,z   Bekeredjian, Raffi ^aa   Ollert, Markus ^ab,ac   Klopstock, Thomas ^y,z,ad   Calzada Wack, Julia ^j   Marschall, Susan ^j   Brommage, Robert ^j   Steinkamp, Ralph ^j   Lengger, Christoph ^j   Östereicher, Manuela A ^j   Maier, Holger ^j   Stoeger, Claudia ^j   Leuchtenberger, Stefanie ^j   Yildrim, Ali Ö ^j   Garrett, Lillian ^j   Hölter, Sabine M ^j   Zimprich, Annemarie ^j   Seisenberger, Claudia ^j   Bürger, Antje ^j   Graw, Jochen ^j   Eickelberg, Oliver ^j   Zimmer, Andreas ^ae   Wolf, Eckhard ^z   Busch, Dirk H ^k   Klingenspor, Martin ^k   Schmidt Weber, Carsten ^k   Gailus Durner, Valérie ^j   Beckers, Johannes ^j,k,l   Rathkolb, Birgit ^j,l,z   Rozman, Jan ^j,l   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Centre for Phenogenomics (TCP)   (Canada)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^m NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ INSTITUT CLINIQUE DE LA SOURIS   (France)

^o INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^p CNRS   (France)

^q INSERM   (France)

^r UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^s HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^t UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^u RIKEN   (Japan)

^v QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^w KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^x CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^y GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^ab LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^ac ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^ad LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; MAMMAL; PHENOTYPE; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE MOUSE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; MODIFIER GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENES, MODIFIER; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85021451528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15475     Document Type: Article

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