Poor performance of bootstrap confidence intervals for the location of a quantitative trait locus

A Manichaikul, J Dupuis, S Sen, KW Broman - Genetics, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The aim of many genetic studies is to locate the genomic regions (called quantitative trait
loci, QTL) that contribute to variation in a quantitative trait (such as body weight). Confidence …

Mapping of quantitative trait loci for body weight at three, six, and nine weeks of age in a broiler layer cross

A Sewalem, DM Morrice, A Law, D Windsor, CS Haley… - Poultry Science, 2002 - Elsevier
An F2 chicken population was established from a cross of a broiler sire-line and an egg
laying (White Leghorn) line. There were two males and two females from both lines in the …

Quantitative trait loci affecting fatness in the chicken

CON Ikeobi, JA Woolliams, DR Morrice, A Law… - Animal …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
An F2 chicken population of 442 individuals from 30 families, obtained by crossing a broiler
line with a layer line, was used for detecting and mapping Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) …

Mapping of quantitative trait loci for growth and carcass traits in commercial sheep populations

GA Walling, PM Visscher, AD Wilson… - Journal of animal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative trait loci analyses were applied to data from Suffolk and Texel commercial
sheep flocks in the United Kingdom. The populations comprised 489 Suffolk animals in three …

Combined analysis of data from two granddaughter designs: A simple strategy for QTL confirmation and increasing experimental power in dairy cattle

J Bennewitz, N Reinsch, C Grohs, H Levéziel… - Genetics Selection …, 2003 - Springer
A joint analysis of five paternal half-sib Holstein families that were part of two different
granddaughter designs (ADR-or Inra-design) was carried out for five milk production traits …

Quantitative trait loci for meat yield and muscle distribution in a broiler layer cross

CON Ikeobi, JA Woolliams, DR Morrice, A Law… - Livestock Production …, 2004 - Elsevier
An F2 cross of male and female chickens from broiler and layer lines was used to detect and
map quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting muscle yields and the relative weights of different …

[PDF][PDF] A quick method to calculate QTL confidence interval

H Li - Journal of genetics, 2011 - ias.ac.in
,(1) where m is the relative number of informative meiosis (m= 1 for backcross and m= 2 for
F2), N is the sample size and δ=(d+ h),− d, h and d are gene effects of QTL genotype qq, Qq …

Genetic analyses and quantitative trait loci detection, using a partial genome scan, for intramuscular fatty acid composition in Scottish Blackface sheep

E Karamichou, RI Richardson, GR Nute… - Journal of Animal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Genetic parameters for LM fatty acid composition were estimated in Scottish Blackface
sheep, previously divergently selected for carcass lean content (LEAN and FAT lines) …

Detection of quantitative trait loci for resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infections in C reole goats

C De La Chevrotière, S C. Bishop, R Arquet… - Animal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to identify regions of the genome affecting resistance to gastrointestinal
nematodes in a C reole goat population naturally exposed to a mixed nematode infection …

Quantitative genetic dissection of shoot architecture traits in maize: towards a functional genomics approach

N Lauter, MJ Moscou, J Habiger… - The Plant Genome, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting the total number of leaves made before flowering and
the number of leaves below the uppermost ear (NLBE) were mapped and characterized …