Inheritance of litter size at birth in the Brazilian grass mouse (Akodon cursor, Sigmodontinae, Rodentia)

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作者
Aulchenko, YS
Araripe, LO
D'Andrea, PS
Shishkin, AA
Cerqueira, R
Borodin, PM
Axenovich, TI [1 ]
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[1] RAS, SD, Inst Cytol & Genet, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[2] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Biol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[3] Oswaldo Cruz Fdn, Inst Trop Med, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[4] Novosibirsk State Univ, Dept Cytol & Genet, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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10.1017/S0016672302005724
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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By means of complex segregation analysis we studied the inheritance of litter size in two large pedigrees of captive-bred colonies of the Brazilian grass mouse Akodon cursor. Genetic analysis has revealed a highly significant influence of genetic factors on the variation of litter size (heritability, h(2), was estimated as 0-44). The inheritance followed the classical polygene model: neither the major-gene model nor the polygene with unequal contribution model described the data significantly better.
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