Major
Biology
Anticipated Graduation Year
2023
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Open Access
Abstract
Past studies have given the heritability of long bones but have not taken maternal effects into consideration. The goal of this research is to identify the proportion of maternal effects in that heritability and the level of influence that it has on offspring. This will use the information of a parent and offspring generation of mice to create a model that can identify the maternal effects apart from direct effects. The results will give a map for identifying the loci for maternal effects that indirectly influence long bones. This will give estimates for variation of offspring for certain populations.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
James Cheverud, Biology: Fernando Cipriano Andrade Oliveira, Biology
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Maternal Effects on Long Bone Length
Past studies have given the heritability of long bones but have not taken maternal effects into consideration. The goal of this research is to identify the proportion of maternal effects in that heritability and the level of influence that it has on offspring. This will use the information of a parent and offspring generation of mice to create a model that can identify the maternal effects apart from direct effects. The results will give a map for identifying the loci for maternal effects that indirectly influence long bones. This will give estimates for variation of offspring for certain populations.