Medical genetics was revolutionized during the 1980s by the application of genetic map**
to locate the genes responsible for simple Mendelian diseases. Most diseases and traits …

Simple statistical methods for the study of quantitative trait loci (QTL), such as analysis of
variance, have given way to methods that involve several markers and high-resolution …

Statistical Genomics: Linkage, Map**, and QTL Analysis Page 1 Page 2 Statistical Genomics
Linkage, Map**, and QTL Analysis CRCPress Ben Hui Liu Boca Raton London New York …

The problem of detecting minor quantitative trait loci (QTL) responsible for genetic variation
not explained by major QTL is of importance in the complete dissection of quantitative …

Abstract “Resolving power” is defined as the 95% confidence interval for quantitative trait
locus (QTL) map location that would be obtained when scoring an infinite number of markers …

Publisher Summary On a worldwide basis, plant breeding has been one of the most
successful technologies developed in modern agriculture: its methods are opportunistic and …

Several approaches have been proposed to correct point-wise significance thresholds used
in interval-map** genome scans. A method for significance threshold correction based on …

The determination of empirical confidence intervals for the location of quantitative trait loci
(QTLs) was investigated using simulation. Empirical confidence intervals were calculated …

Lander and Botstein introduced statistical methods for searching an entire genome for
quantitative trait loci (QTL) in experimental organisms, with emphasis on a backcross design …

Linkage analysis with molecular genetic markers is a very powerful tool in the biological
research of quantitative traits. The lack of an easy way to know what areas of the genome …