Strategies for mapping and identifying quantitative trait loci specifying behavioral responses to alcohol.

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1995.tb00949.x

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Strategies for mapping and identifying quantitative trait loci specifying behavioral responses to alcohol.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Aug 1995

Buck K J

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Most responses to alcohol in both humans and animals are heritable, and this genetic sensitivity to ethanol is determined by multiple genes. However, the number of genes, their identities, and just how they determine susceptibility to the actions of alcohol are unknown. Herein, we describe a mult...

Topics

Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Cloning, Molecular
Crosses, Genetic
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Humans
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Models, Genetic
Phenotype

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