Regression-based multi-trait QTL mapping using a structural equation model

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mi, Xiaojuan ^a   Eskridge, Kent ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Baenziger, P Stephen ^a   Campbell, B Todd ^b   Gill, Kulvinder S ^c   Dweikat, Ismail ^a   Bovaird, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Coastal Plains Soil Water and Plant Research Center   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

least squares; multiple traits; QTL mapping; structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GRAIN YIELD; HOMOZYGOSITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WHEAT; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRITICUM;

EID: 78149279571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1544-6115.1552     Document Type: Article

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