Clean thoughts about dirty genes

被引:5
作者
Van Gelder, RN
Hogenesch, JB
机构
[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol & Visual Sci, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[2] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Biol & Pharmacol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[3] Genom Inst Novartis Res Fdn, La Jolla, CA USA
关键词
circadian rhythms; mouse strain; quantitative trait locus; epistasis; heterosis;
D O I
10.1177/0748730403261123
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The mouse has joined the fruit fly, bread mold, and cyanobacteria as a tractable genetic system for studying mechanisms of circadian rhythms. The circadian rhythms of "knock-out" mice for specific clock genes, however, have demonstrated significant variability between laboratories. In this brief review, the authors discuss possible sources of this variability, focusing particularly on questions of modifier loci of circadian rhythms that vary between inbred mouse strains. They conclude with a short list of recommendations for researchers working on circadian rhythms in mixed-strain mice.
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