Regression-based quantitative trait loci mapping: Robust, efficient and effective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1459, 2005, Pages 1435-1442

  Knott, Sara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantitative trait loci mapping; Regression; Structured outbred populations

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 31344453990     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1671     Document Type: Review

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