Prevalence of sexual dimorphism in mammalian phenotypic traits
Systemic dissection of sexually dimorphic phenotypes in mice is lacking. Here, Karp and the International Mouse Phenotype Consortium show that approximately 10% of qualitative traits and 56% of quantitative traits in mice as measured in laboratory setting are sexually dimorphic.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15475 |