Article
The effects of selection on linkage analysis for quantitative traits.
Genetics - 1 Dec 1992
Mackinnon M J, Georges M A
Abstract excerpt
The effects of within-sample selection on the outcome of analyses detecting linkage between genetic markers and quantitative traits were studied. It was found that selection by truncation for the trait of interest significantly reduces the differences between marker genotype means thus reducing t...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic