Download or read book Statistical Genetics of Quantitative Traits written by Rongling Wu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.