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TESTING ASSOCIATION OF METRIC TRAITS AND MARKER GENES
Author(s) -
LOWRY DOROTHY C.,
SHULTZ FRED T.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1958.tb01454.x
Subject(s) - quantitative trait locus , genetics , biology , genetic association , metric (unit) , trait , gene , locus (genetics) , association (psychology) , genetic marker , association test , evolutionary biology , genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism , psychology , computer science , operations management , economics , psychotherapist , programming language
Summary A method of testing for association between particular marker genes and genes with polygenic effects on a metric trait is described. Limited tests on a blood group locus and certain metric traits of chickens failed to show any association. The problem and this approach to it are deemed not without interest.