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The Founder Strains of the Collaborative Cross Express a Complex Combination of Advantageous and Deleterious Traits for Male Reproduction.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 19 Oct 2015
Odet Fanny, Pan Wenqi, Bell Timothy A, Goodson Summer G, Stevans Alicia M, Yun Zianing, Aylor David L, Kao Chia-Yu, McMillan Leonard, de Villena Fernando Pardo-Manuel, O'Brien Deborah A
Abstract excerpt
Surveys of inbred strains of mice are standard approaches to determine the heritability and range of phenotypic variation for biomedical traits. In addition, they may lead to the identification of novel phenotypes and models of human disease. Surprisingly, male reproductive phenotypes are among the least-represented traits in the Mouse Phenome Database. Here we report the results of a broad survey of the eight...
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