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DNA variation and brain region-specific expression profiles exhibit different relationships between inbred mouse strains: implications for eQTL mapping studies.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2007
Hovatta Iiris, Zapala Matthew A, Broide Ron S, Schadt Eric E, Libiger Ondrej, Schork Nicholas J, Lockhart David J, Barlow Carrolee
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BACKGROUND: Expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping is used to find loci that are responsible for the transcriptional activity of a particular gene. In recent eQTL studies, expression profiles were derived from either homogenized whole brain or collections of large brain regions. However, the brain is a very heterogeneous organ, and expression profiles of different brain regions vary significantly....
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