Letter to the Editor: Methods for mapping quantitative trait loci in autotetraploid species

Jing Chen; Lindsey J Leach; Zewei Luo

doi:10.1093/bib/bbz148

Letter to the Editor: Methods for mapping quantitative trait loci in autotetraploid species

Brief Bioinform. 2021 May 20;22(3):bbz148. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbz148.

Authors

Jing Chen^{1

2}, Lindsey J Leach², Zewei Luo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biostatistics, SKLGE, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
² School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

PMID: 32533145
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbz148

Abstract

Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) in autotetraploid species represents a timely and challenging task. Two papers published by Wu and his colleagues proposed statistical methods for QTL mapping in these evolutionarily and economically important species. In this Letter to the Editor, we present critical comments on the fundamental conceptual errors involved, from both statistical and genetic points of view.

Keywords: autotetraploid species; quantitative trait loci; statistical methods.

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MeSH terms

Quantitative Trait Loci*