Behavioural genetics: Finding genes that cause complex trait variation

被引：1

作者：

Christians, JK ^{[1
]}

Keightley, PD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Evolutionary Biol, Sch Biol Sci, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2005年 / 15卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.013

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Identifying genes that influence phenotypic variation is extremely difficult, especially when the allelic variants only have a small effect. A recent study has used a novel approach to identify a gene that affects the behaviour of mice.

引用

页码：R19 / R21

页数：3

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