Anterior chamber depth in mice is controlled by several quantitative trait loci.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Anterior chamber depth (ACD) is a quantitative trait associated with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG). Although ACD is highly heritable, known genetic variations explain a small fraction of the phenotypic variability.
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A population genetic interpretation of GWAS findings for human quantitative traits. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2018 Human genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are revealing the genetic architecture of anthropomorphic and biomedical traits, i.e., the frequencies and effect sizes of variants that contribute to heritable variation in a trait.
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Genetically Distinct Behavioral Modules Underlie Natural Variation in Thermal Performance Curves
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019 Thermal reaction norms pervade organismal traits as stereotyped responses to temperature, a fundamental environmental input into sensory and physiological systems. Locomotory behavior represents an especially plastic read-out of animal response, with its
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The quantitative genetic basis of sex ratio variation in Nasonia vitripennis : a QTL study [PDF]
, 2010 Our understanding of how natural selection should shape sex allocation is perhaps more developed than for any other trait. However, this understanding is not matched by our knowledge of the genetic basis of sex allocation.
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Mapping quantitative trait loci and identification of genes that control fatness in poultry [PDF]
, 2002 Chicken genomics has benefited from the rapid technological advances in the genomics of model organisms and man. A number of resources and approaches are now well established, in the chicken, including genetic markers and maps (both genetic and physical),
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Using social interaction models for genetic analysis of skin damage in gilts
Genetics Selection Evolution, 2023 Background Skin damage is a trait of economic and welfare importance that results from social interactions between animals. These interactions may produce wound signs on the gilt’s skin as a result of damage behavior (i.e., fighting), biting syndromes (i.
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Data from: Soil erodibility differs according to heritable trait variation and nutrient-induced plasticity in the salt marsh engineer Spartina alterniflora [PDF]
, 2018 Use of landform engineers for habitat restoration has often resulted in unanticipated outcomes. It is possible that departures from expectation arise because applications do not adequately account for the influence of heritable and non-heritable ...
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Circulating leukocyte telomere length is highly heritable among families of Arab descent [PDF]
, 2012 Background Telomere length, an indicator of ageing and longevity, has been correlated with several biomarkers of cardiometabolic disease in both Arab children and adults.
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The role of social effects in selection for animal improvement
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2008 Quantitative genetics can be used to understand how traits will respond to artificial selection regimes, and therefore, it can be an important tool in the development of selective breeding programs for animal improvement. In order to predict the response
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Communications Biology, 2023 Genome-wide association study has identified fruitful variants impacting heritable traits. Nevertheless, identifying critical genes underlying those significant variants has been a great task.
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