Quantitative trait loci analysis in animals / Joel Ira Weller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weller, Joel Ira.

Series:

Modular Texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Livestock--Breeding.

Livestock.

Livestock--Genetics.

Quantitative genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-282-49984-X

9786612499845

1-84593-734-1

OCLC:

476204615