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Building phenotype networks to improve QTL detection: a comparative analysis of fatty acid and fat traits in pigs.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Oct 2011
Yang B, Navarro N, Noguera J L, Muñoz M, Guo T F, Yang K X, Ma J W, Folch J M, Huang L S, Pérez-Enciso M
Abstract excerpt
Models in QTL mapping can be improved by considering all potential variables, i.e. we can use remaining traits other than the trait under study as potential predictors. QTL mapping is often conducted by correcting for a few fixed effects or covariates (e.g. sex, age), although many traits with potential causal relationships between them are recorded. In this work, we evaluate by simulation several procedures to...
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