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
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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