Table of Contents

I. Foundations of Quantitative Genetics


*An Overview of Quantitative Genetics

*Properties of Distributions

*Covariance, Regression, and Correlation

*Properties of Single Loci

*Sources of Genetic Variation for Multilocus Traits

*Components of Environmental Variation

*Resemblance between Relatives

*Introduction to Matrix Algebra and Linear Models

*Analysis of Line Crosses

*Inbreeding Depression

*Matters of Scale




II. Quantitative Trait Loci


Polygenes and Polygenic Mutation

*Detecting Major Genes

*Basic Concepts of Marker-Based Analysis

*Mapping and Characterizing QTLs: Inbred-Line Crosses

*Mapping and Characterizing QTLs: Outbred Populations




III. Estimation Procedures


Parent-Offspring Regression

*Sib Analysis

*Twins and Clones

*Cross-Classified Designs

*Correlations Between Characters

*Genotype x Environment Interaction

*Maternal Effects

*Sex Linkage and Sexual Dimorphism

*Threshold Characters

*Estimation of Breeding Values

*Variance-Component Estimation with Complex Pedigrees




Appendices

A1. Expectations, Variances and Covariances of Compound Variables

A2. Path Analysis

A3.  Further Topics in Matrix Algebra and Linear Models

A4. Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Likelihood-Ratio Tests

A5. Computing the Power of Statistical Tests

About the Author

Michael Lynch is Distinguished Professor of Biology at Indiana University.

Bruce Walsh is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.

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