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Journal of Heredity Advance Access originally published online on April 20, 2005
Journal of Heredity 2005 96(4):363-367; doi:10.1093/jhered/esi062
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Selection Bias in Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping

C. Lee

Laboratory of Statistical Genetics, Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, Kyonggi-do 431-060, Korea

Address correspondence to Chaeyoung Lee at the address above, or e-mail: clee{at}hallym.ac.kr.

A simulation study was performed to see whether selection affected quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping. Populations under random selection, under selection among full-sib families, and under selection within a full-sib family were simulated each with heritability of 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7. They were analyzed with the marker spacing of 10 cM and 20 cM. The accuracy for QTL detection decreased for the populations under selection within full-sib family. Estimates of QTL effects and positions differed (P < .05) from their input values. The problems could be ignored when mapping a QTL for the populations under selection among full-sib families. A large heritability helped reduction of such problems. When the animals were selected within a full-sib family, the QTL was detected for the populations with heritability of 0.5 or larger using the marker spacing of 10 cM, and with heritability of 0.7 using the marker spacing of 20 cM. This study implied that when selection was introduced, the accuracy for QTL detection decreased and the estimates of QTL effects were biased. A caution was warranted on the decision of data (including selected animals to be genotyped) for QTL mapping.


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