BIOL3044 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quantitative Trait Locus, Genotype Frequency, Sample Size Determination
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Lecture 5: finding genes that affect quantitative traits. In nature, if we find populations and take measurements, the genotypes aren"t easy to tell apart: we can"t just see the different genotypes we will just get the average of the population. To study genes that influence the quantitative trait, we need to do work. Basic idea of finding genes for quantitative traits: to follow them through with something called. To find and study quantitative traits, we have to find a marker some locus that would allow us to determine the genotype. If marker is linked to qtl, then we follow the marker (that we can observe in some way) through a cross that gives information about the qtl. If the marker is linked to qtl, then: most of qq would be mm, most of qq would be mm, most of qq would be mm, most because the linkage doesn"t have to be complete.
