Table 3

Consistency between QTL detected with 'raw' and 'curated' genotypic data.

Total number of QTL detected (p < 0.05)


Methoda

Correlation between QTL profilesb

Raw dataset

Curated dataset

Overlapc


SML

0.895 ± 0.085

38

34

29 (81%)

MR

0.998 ± 0.002

86

84

57 (67%)

CIM

0.887 ± 0.128

83

86

57 (67%)


a SML, Statistical Machine Learning; MR, single Marker Regression; CIM, Composite Interval Mapping with 20 background markers at > 10 cM distance from the tested interval.

b QTL profiles are whole-genome plots of the fraction of variance explained vs. genome position similar to those displayed in Figures 6-8. The values reported are means ± SD across the nine traits investigated in this study.

cThe percentage overlap was computed by division by the average number of QTL detected with the two datasets.

Bedo et al. BMC Genetics 2008 9:35   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-35

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