Article
Identifying human disease genes through cross-species gene mapping of evolutionary conserved processes.
PloS one - 4 May 2011
Poot Martin, Badea Alexandra, Williams Robert W, Kas Martien J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Understanding complex networks that modulate development in humans is hampered by genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity within and between populations. Here we present a method that exploits natural variation in highly diverse mouse genetic reference panels in which genetic and environmental factors can be tightly controlled. The aim of our study is to test a cross-species genetic mapping strategy,...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Corpus Callosum
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Genotype
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Mice
- Quantitative Trait Loci
