Behavioural genetics: finding genes that cause complex trait variation

Julian K Christians; Peter D Keightley

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.013

Behavioural genetics: finding genes that cause complex trait variation

Curr Biol. 2005 Jan 11;15(1):R19-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.013.

Authors

Julian K Christians¹, Peter D Keightley

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK.

PMID: 15649345
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.013

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Animals
Anxiety / genetics*
Chromosome Mapping / methods*
Genetic Complementation Test / methods
Haplotypes / genetics
Mice / genetics*
Motor Activity / genetics
Phenotype*
Quantitative Trait Loci*