title: Behavioural genetics: finding genes that cause complex trait variation.
abstract: Identifying genes that influence phenotypic variation is extremely difficult, especially when the allelic variants only have a small effect. A recent study has used a novel approach to identify a gene that affects the behaviour of mice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Julian K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Christians
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Keightley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test / Q000379:methods; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci