In the eye of the beholder: The effect of rater variability and different rating scales on QTL mapping

Phytopathology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-298

  Poland, Jesse A ^a,b   Nelson, Rebecca J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952258100     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-10-0087     Document Type: Article

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