Genetic basis of response to 50 generations of selection on body weight in inbred mice.

doi:10.1093/genetics/148.4.1931

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Genetic basis of response to 50 generations of selection on body weight in inbred mice.

Genetics - 1 Apr 1998

Keightley P D

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A long-established inbred strain of mice was divergently selected for body weight for 50 generations. Selection of new mutations affecting the trait eventually led to a divergence of approximately three phenotypic standard deviations between the high and low lines. Heritability for body weight in...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Body Weight
Female
Inbreeding
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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