University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Of Blending, Beans, and Bristles: The Foundstions of QtL. Mapping / Andrew H. Paterson -- Molecular Tools for the Study of Complex Traits / Mark D. Burrow -- mapping Quantitative Trait Loci in Experimental Populations / Gary A. Churchill -- Computational Tools for Study of Complex Traits / Ben-Hui Liu -- QTL Mapping in Outbred Pedigrees / Claire G. Williams -- Mapping QTLs in Autopolyploids / Sin-Chieh Liu -- QTL Analysis under Linkage Equilibrium / Jeremy F. Taylor -- Molecular Analysis of Epistasis / Zhikang Li -- QTL Mapping in DNA Marker-assisted Plant and Animal Improvement / Andrew H. Paterson -- Qt Analyses, Power, Precision, and Accuracy / William D. Beavis -- High-Resolution Mapping of QTLs / Andrew H. Paterson -- Compilation and Distribution of data on Complex Traits / Douglas W. Bigwood -- Case History in Plant Domestication" Sorghum, An Example of Cereal Evolution / Andrew H. Paterson -- Case in Crop Improvement: Yield Heterosis in Maize / Charles W. Stuber -- Case History in Germplasm Introgression: Tomato Genetics and Breeding Using Nearly Isogenic Introgression Lines Derived from Wild Species / Dani Zamir -- Case History in Genetics of Long- Lived Plants: Molecular Approaches to Domestication of a Fast- Growing Forest Tree: Populas / H.D. Bradshaw, Jr. -- Case History in Animal Improvement: Mapping Complex Traits in Ruminants / Michel Georges -- Case History in Animal Improvement : Genetics Mapping of Qtls for Growth and Fatness in the Pig / Leif Anderson -- Case history in Humans: mappingf QTLs for ComplexTraits in humans / Hakan Sakul -- From Malthus to Mapping: Prospects for the Unilization of Genome Analysis to Enhance the World Food Supply / Jinhua Xiao -- Ethical Consequences of Mapping QTLs for Complex Human Traits / John C. Crabbe -- Prospects for Cloning the Genetic Determinants of QTLs / Andrew H. Paterson.