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Hypothetical quantitative trait loci (QTL) for circadian period of locomotor activity in CXB recombinant inbred strains of mice

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The locomotor activity of male mice (Mus musculus) of 13 CXB (BALB/cBy × C57BL/6J) recombinant inbred (RI) strains and their progenitor strains was monitored for 4 to 6 weeks by infrared photoelectric beams under constant dark. The circadian period (τ) of locomotor activity was calculated and used in quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of strains' means. Results were compared with potential QTL found in a previous study of the BXD RI series. The mean τ of 13 CXB RI mouse strains (three to six animals per strain) in constant dark had a unimodal distribution suggesting polygenic inheritance. A number of potential QTL were found for this trait. There were two associations atp<.001,H23 on chromosome 3 andPmv16 on chromosome 16. A region of chromosome 1 was associated with τ in both CXB and BXD RI series. There was also a conjunction with a locus determined from QTL analysis of the previously reported τ of wheel running activity in seven CXB RI strains (Schwartz and Zimmerman, 1990).

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  1. Institute for Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry, and Richard L. Roudebush Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Indiana University, 46202, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Aimee R. Mayeda, John R. Hofstetter & John I. Nurnberger Jr.

  2. Research Service (151W), VA Medical Center and Department of Medical Psychology, Oregon Health Sciences University, 97201, Portland, Oregon

    John K. Belknap

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Mayeda, A.R., Hofstetter, J.R., Belknap, J.K. et al. Hypothetical quantitative trait loci (QTL) for circadian period of locomotor activity in CXB recombinant inbred strains of mice. Behav Genet 26, 505–511 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02359755

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