Detecting linkage disequilibrium between a polymorphic marker locus and a trait locus in natural populations

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-208

  Luo, Z W ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Linkage disequilibrium; Marker; QTL; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032006925     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6882750     Document Type: Article

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