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Phenotypic integration of skeletal traits during growth buffers genetic variants affecting the slenderness of femora in inbred mouse strains.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Jan 2009
Jepsen Karl J, Hu Bin, Tommasini Steven M, Courtland Hayden-William, Price Christopher, Cordova Matthew, Nadeau Joseph H
Abstract excerpt
Compensatory interactions among adult skeletal traits are critical for establishing strength but complicate the search for fracture susceptibility genes by allowing many genetic variants to exist in a population without loss of function. A better understanding of how these interactions arise during growth will provide new insight into genotype-phenotype relationships and the biological controls that establish...
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