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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456717603321

Autore

Weller Joel Ira

Titolo

Quantitative trait loci analysis in animals [[electronic resource] /] / Joel Ira Weller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI North American Office, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49984-X

9786612499845

1-84593-734-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Modular Texts

Disciplina

636.08/21

Soggetti

Livestock - Breeding

Livestock - Genetics

Quantitative genetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-257) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface: Theory Versus Results; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Historical Overview; 2 Principles of Parameter Estimation; 3 Random and Fixed Effects, the Mixed Model; 4 Experimental Designs to Detect QTL: Generation of Linkage Disequilibrium; 5 QTL Parameter Estimation for Crosses between Inbred Lines; 6 Advanced Statistical Methods for QTL Detection and Parameter Estimation; 7 Analysis of QTL as Random Effects; 8 Statistical Power to Detect QTL, and Parameter Confidence Intervals; 9 Optimization of Experimental Designs; 10 Fine Mapping of QTL

11 Complete Genome QTL Scans: The Problem of Multiple Comparisons12 Multitrait QTL Analysis; 13 From the QTL to the Gene; 14 Principles of Selection Index and Traditional Breeding Programmes; 15 Marker-assisted Selection: Theory; 16 Marker-assisted Selection: Current Status and Results of Simulation Studies; 17 Marker-assisted Introgression; Glossary of Symbols; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) is a topic of major agricultural significance for efficient livestock production. This book covers various statistical



methods that have been used or proposed for detection and analysis of QTL and marker-and gene-assisted selection in animal genetics and breeding.