Using gene expression databases for classical trait QTL candidate gene discovery in the BXD recombinant inbred genetic reference population: Mouse forebrain weight

Lu Lu^1,2 , Lai Wei^4,5 , Jeremy L Peirce² , Xusheng Wang² , Jianhua Zhou⁶ , Ramin Homayouni⁵ , Robert W Williams² and David C Airey³

¹  Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, PR China

²  Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

³  Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

⁴  Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

⁵  Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

⁶  Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA