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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6878
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-21
pubmed:databankReference
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458969, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458970, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458971, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458972, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458973, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458974, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458975, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458976, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458977, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458978, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458979, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458980, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/xref/GENBANK/AF458981
pubmed:abstractText
Most phenotypic diversity in natural populations is characterized by differences in degree rather than in kind. Identification of the actual genes underlying these quantitative traits has proved difficult. As a result, little is known about their genetic architecture. The failures are thought to be due to the different contributions of many underlying genes to the phenotype and the ability of different combinations of genes and environmental factors to produce similar phenotypes. This study combined genome-wide mapping and a new genetic technique named reciprocal-hemizygosity analysis to achieve the complete dissection of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A QTL architecture was uncovered that was more complex than expected. Functional linkages both in cis and in trans were found between three tightly linked quantitative trait genes that are neither necessary nor sufficient in isolation. This arrangement of alleles explains heterosis (hybrid vigour), the increased fitness of the heterozygote compared with homozygotes. It also demonstrates a deficiency in current approaches to QTL dissection with implications extending to traits in other organisms, including human genetic diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
416
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Dissecting the architecture of a quantitative trait locus in yeast.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. larsms@stanford.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.