The discovery of epistatically interacting QTL is hampered by the intractability and low power
to detect QTL in multidimensional genome searches. We describe a new method that maps …

This study addresses the poorly explored issue of the control of false positive rate (FPR) in
the mapping of pair-wise epistatic quantitative trait loci (QTL). A nested test framework was …

The synthesis of “DNA pools” from segregating populations is an efficient strategy for
identifying DNA markers closely linked to genes or genomic regions of interest. To-date …

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping in plants dates to the 1980s (Stuber et al. Crop Sci 27:
639–648, 1987; Paterson et al. Nature 335: 721–726, 1988), but earlier studies were often …

We have briefly reviewed the methods currently available for QTL analysis in segregating
populations and summarized some of the conclusions arising from such analyses in plant …

Here, we describe a randomization testing strategy for mapping interacting quantitative trait
loci (QTLs). In a forward selection strategy, non-interacting QTLs and simultaneously …

Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) is usually conducted with a single line cross. The
power of such QTL mapping depends highly on the two parental lines. If the two lines are …

Rodent inbred line crosses are widely used to map genetic loci associated with complex
traits. This approach has proven to be powerful for detecting quantitative trait loci (QTL); …

Background In recent years, several attempts have been made in plant genetics to detect
QTL by using association mapping methods. The objectives of this study were to (i) evaluate …

In the past decade plant geneticists began using complex plant populations to identify QTL
by association analysis, and the practice is becoming commonplace. Plant populations …