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Quantitative Trait Loci

Known as: Locus, Quantitative Trait, QTL, Trait Loci, Quantitative 
A stretch of DNA at a particular chromosomal location that contains or is linked to genes that are associated with the expression of a variable… 
National Institutes of Health

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Chromosome MappingChromosomesGenes, ModifierQuantitative Trait, Heritable

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GenesGenetic Loci

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QTL mapping

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Abundant Quantitative Trait Loci Exist for DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Human Brain
A fundamental challenge in the post-genome era is to understand and annotate the consequences of genetic variation, particularly… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Protein Quantitative Trait Loci (pQTLs)
There is considerable evidence that human genetic variation influences gene expression. Genome-wide studies have revealed that… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Prospects for genomewide selection for quantitative traits in maize
The availability of cheap and abundant molecular markers in maize (Zea mays L.) has allowed breeders to ask how molecular… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
The nature and identification of quantitative trait loci: a community's view
This white paper by eighty members of the Complex Trait Consortium presents a community's view on the approaches and statistical… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mapping of quantitative trait loci determining agronomic important characters in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Abstract.A set of 114 recombinant inbred lines of the 'International Triticeae Mapping Initiative' mapping population was grown… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Quantitative trait loci: a meta-analysis.
This article presents a method to combine QTL results from different independent analyses. This method provides a modified Akaike… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Multiple interval mapping for quantitative trait loci.
A new statistical method for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL), called multiple interval mapping (MIM), is presented. It uses… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Multiple trait analysis of genetic mapping for quantitative trait loci.
We present in this paper models and statistical methods for performing multiple trait analysis on mapping quantitative trait loci… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Resolution of quantitative traits into Mendelian factors by using a complete linkage map of restriction fragment length polymorphisms
The conflict between the Mendelian theory of participate inheritance1 and the observation of continuous variation for most traits… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Molecular-marker-facilitated investigations of quantitative-trait loci in maize. I. Numbers, genomic distribution and types of gene action.
Individual genetic factors which underlie variation in quantitative traits of maize were investigated in each of two F2… 
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