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Identification of major and minor QTL for ecologically important morphological traits in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 16 Apr 2014
Liu Jun, Shikano Takahito, Leinonen Tuomas, Cano José Manuel, Li Meng-Hua, Merilä Juha
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping studies of Pacific three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) have uncovered several genomic regions controlling variability in different morphological traits, but QTL studies of Atlantic sticklebacks are lacking. We mapped QTL for 40 morphological traits, including body size, body shape, and body armor, in a F2 full-sib cross between northern European marine and...
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