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Mapping quantitative trait loci in the case of a spike in the phenotype distribution.
Genetics - 1 Mar 2003
Broman Karl W
Abstract excerpt
A common departure from the usual normality assumption in QTL mapping concerns a spike in the phenotype distribution. For example, in measurements of tumor mass, some individuals may exhibit no tumors; in measurements of time to death after a bacterial infection, some individuals may recover from the infection and fail to die. If an appreciable portion of individuals share a common phenotype value (generally...
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