A simple method to calculate resolving power and confidence interval of QTL map location

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Darvasi, A ^a,b   Soller, M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

confidence interval; gene mapping; Quantitative trait loci (QTL); resolving power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0030973207     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025685324830     Document Type: Article

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