Journal of Heredity Advance Access published online on October 26, 2007
Journal of Heredity, doi:10.1093/jhered/esm086
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Brief Communications |
TetraploidMap for Windows: Linkage Map Construction and QTL Mapping in Autotetraploid Species
From Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI), Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK (Hackett); SCRI, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK (Milne and Bradshaw); and the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK (Luo)
Address correspondence to Dr. C. A. Hackett at the address above, or e-mail: christine{at}bioss.ac.uk.
An earlier program, TetraploidMap, enabled linkage analysis to be performed for autotetraploid species, with a text-based input and output. The current program, TetraploidMap for Windows, is considerably enhanced, and now goes beyond linkage analysis to perform quantitative trait locus (QTL) interval mapping, with a range of models and thresholds assessed by permutation tests. A Windows-based interface facilitates data entry and exploration. TetraploidMap for Windows is freely available from the Web site of Bioinformatics and Statistics Scotland at http://www.bioss.ac.uk/ (user-friendly software).
Corresponding Editor: William Tracey