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Quantitative trait

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A trait produced by the interaction and additive effects of quantitative genes


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Examples of quantitative traits are height, weight, skin color, and predisposition to heart diseases. Quantitative traits differ from monogenic trait by involving many genes acting together to produce a trait that does not follow a Mendelian inheritance pattern.


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... in sorghum, the resistance response appears to be controlled by several quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that account for a significant portion of the resistance phenotype." ...

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by Ryosuke
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by Crucible
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by wellalt
Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:15 pm
 
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