| Literature DB >> 16515820 |
Bart M G Smits1, Edwin Cuppen.
Abstract
More than a thousand quantitative trait loci (QTLs) relevant to many aspects of complex human disease have been identified in a wide range of rat inbred lines over the past few decades. With the complete rat genome available, it is now time for the next stage in rat genetic research: the identification and causal confirmation of underlying polymorphisms and genes. Recent developments in single nucleotide polymorphism-based genetic markers and technologies to manipulate the rat genome will undoubtedly be important tools in this next episode.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16515820 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.02.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639