Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) (IMAGE)

NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute

Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL)

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Sections of the genome, known as expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL), work to control how genes are turned off and on.

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Darryl Leja, NHGRI

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