22 Quantitative trait loci

22.1 Major genes

22.1.1 Methods of detecton

22.2 Methods for mapping QTLs

22.2.1 Marker loci

22.2.2 QTL genotypes

22.2.3 Single marker analysis

22.2.4 Interval mapping analysis

22.3 Genetical and statistical considerations

22.3.1 Experimental design

22.3.2 Multiple test

22.3.3 Maximum likelihood estimation

22.3.4 Multiple QTLs

22.4 Experimental results

22.4.1 Number of loci

22.4.2 Gene effects

22.4.3 Consistency

22.5 From QTL to gene