A simulation study on the accuracy of position and effect estimates of linked QTL and their asymptotic standard deviations using multiple interval mapping in an F2 scheme

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-479

  Mayer, Manfred ^a   Liu, Yuefu ^b   Freyer, Gertraude ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Mapping; QTL; Simulation asymptotic standard error

Indexed keywords

GENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HOMOZYGOTE; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMOZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 3142605275     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2004011     Document Type: Article

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