Statistical issues in the search for genes affecting quantitative traits in experimental populations

Statistical Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-219

  Doerge, R W ^a   Zeng, Z B ^b   Weir, B S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval mapping; Interval testing; Mixture distribution; Multiple markers; QTL; Single markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001114351     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1030037909     Document Type: Article

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