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Modeling of a negative feedback mechanism explains antagonistic pleiotropy in reproduction in domesticated Caenorhabditis elegans strains.
PLoS genetics - 1 May 2017
Large Edward E, Padmanabhan Raghavendra, Watkins Kathie L, Campbell Richard F, Xu Wen, McGrath Patrick T
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Most biological traits and common diseases have a strong but complex genetic basis, controlled by large numbers of genetic variants with small contributions to a trait or disease risk. The effect-size of most genetic variants is not absolute and is instead dependent upon multiple factors such as the age and genetic background of an organism. In order to understand the mechanistic basis of these changes, we...
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