Over the last two decades advances in genotyping technology and the development of
quantitative genetic analytical techniques have made it possible to dissect complex traits and
link quantitative variation in traits to allelic variation on chromosomes or quantitative trait
loci (QTLs). In Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs):Methods and Protocols expert researchers in the
field detail methods and techniques that focus on specific components of the entire process of
quantitative train loci experiments. These include methods and techniques for the mapping
populations identifying quantitative trait loci extending the power of quantitative trait
locus analysis and case studies. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology(TM) series format the chapters include the kind of detailed description and
implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results in the laboratory. Thorough
and intuitive Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs):Methods and Protocols aids scientists in the
further study of the links between phenotypic and genotypic variation in fields from medicine
to agriculture from molecular biology to evolution to ecology.
