Mapping quantitative trait loci in a wild population using linkage and linkage disequilibrium analyses

Genetics Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Hernandez Sanchez J ^a,c   Chatzipli, A ^a   Beraldi, D ^a,d   Gratten, J ^b,e   Pilkington, J G ^a   Pemberton, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79951832989     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672310000340     Document Type: Article

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