Influence of a quantitative trait locus on mouse chromosome 19 to the light-adapted electroretinogram.
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Reynolds, AL, Danciger, M, Farrar, GJ, Humphries, P, Kenna, PF `Influence of a quantitative trait locus on mouse chromosome 19 to the light-adapted electroretinogram? in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 49, (9), 2008Download Item:
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PURPOSE. Both implicit time and amplitude of the cone-mediated electroretinographic (ERG) b-wave differ significantly between the C57BL/6JOlaHsd and 129S2/SvHsd inbred mouse strains. The purpose of this work was to undertake a quantitative genetics study to localize the gene or genes involved.
METHODS. Implicit time and amplitude of the a- and b-waves of the single-flash and flicker cone-mediated ERG were recorded as the quantitative traits in reciprocal backcrossed populations. A genome-wide scan was performed with 106 polymorphic markers. Map Manager (release QTXb20) was used to analyze the data and make phenotype?genotype correlations.
RESULTS. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) of major effect in controlling variation in both implicit time and amplitude of the cone-mediated ERG localized to the middle of chromosome 19.
CONCLUSIONS. Mapping of a QTL influencing both implicit time and b-wave amplitude of the light-adapted ERG represents an initial step toward identifying the gene(s) responsible for this phenotypic variation.
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Author: FARRAR, JANE; HUMPHRIES, PETER
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science49
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