A fast algorithm for estimating transmission probabilities in QTL detection designs with dense maps |
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Authors: | Jean-Michel Elsen Olivier Filangi Hélène Gilbert Pascale Le Roy Carole Moreno |
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Affiliation: | 1.INRA, SAGA, BP27, 31326 Castanet Tolosan cedex, France;2.INRA, GARen, Agrocampus, 35000 Rennes, France;3.INRA, GABI, 78352 Jouy en Josas cedex, France |
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Abstract: | BackgroundIn the case of an autosomal locus, four transmission events from the parents to progeny are possible, specified by the grand parental origin of the alleles inherited by this individual. Computing the probabilities of these transmission events is essential to perform QTL detection methods.ResultsA fast algorithm for the estimation of these probabilities conditional to parental phases has been developed. It is adapted to classical QTL detection designs applied to outbred populations, in particular to designs composed of half and/or full sib families. It assumes the absence of interference.ConclusionThe theory is fully developed and an example is given. |
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