Population Genetics: How Many Variable Genes Affect Variable Traits?

Curr Biol

School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RH, UK. Electronic address:

Published: March 2021

How many genes control a given trait? And are genes with defined knockout phenotypes affecting a given trait the same genes that also underlie population-wide variation in that trait? A new study in Drosophila melanogaster has some surprising answers.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.067DOI Listing

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