Significance thresholds for quantitative trait locus mapping under selective genotyping.

On stochastic processes for Quantitative Trait Locus mapping under selective genotyping

Power of selective genotyping in genome-wide association studies of quantitative traits

The selective genotyping approach in quantitative genetics means genotyping only individuals with extreme phenotypes. This approach is considered an efficient way to perform gene mapping, and can be applied in both linkage and association studies. Selective genotyping in association mapping of quantitative trait loci was proposed to increase the power of detecting rare alleles of large effect. ...

Selective genotyping with epistasis can be utilized for a major quantitative trait locus mapping in hypertension in rats.

Epistasis used to be considered an obstacle in mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) despite its significance. Numerous epistases have proved to be involved in quantitative genetics. We established a backcross model that demonstrates a major QTL for hypertension (Ht). Seventy-eight backcrossed rats (BC), derived from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Fischer 344 rats, showe...

Quantitative trait locus mapping in chickens by selective DNA pooling with dinucleotide microsatellite markers by using purified DNA and fresh or frozen red blood cells as applied to marker-assisted selection.

Many large, half-sib sire families are an integral component of chicken genetic improvement programs. These family structures include a sufficient number of individuals for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) at high statistical power. However, realizing this statistical power through individual or selective genotyping is yet too costly to be feasible under current genotyping methodologies. G...

Disequilibrium mapping of a quantitative-trait locus in an expanding population.

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping can be successful if there is strong nonrandom association between marker alleles and an allele affecting a trait of interest. The principles of LD mapping of dichotomous traits are well understood, but less is known about LD mapping of a quantitative-trait locus (QTL). It is shown in this report that selective genotyping can increase the power to detect and ...