Author : Rongling Wu,Changxing Ma,George Casella
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387681542
Statistical Genetics of Quantitative Traits by Rongling Wu,Changxing Ma,George Casella Pdf
This book introduces the basic concepts and methods that are useful in the statistical analysis and modeling of the DNA-based marker and phenotypic data that arise in agriculture, forestry, experimental biology, and other fields. It concentrates on the linkage analysis of markers, map construction and quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping, and assumes a background in regression analysis and maximum likelihood approaches. The strength of this book lies in the construction of general models and algorithms for linkage analysis, as well as in QTL mapping in any kind of crossed pedigrees initiated with inbred lines of crops.