Title Page

Objective

 General Introduction

Genetic Markers

  Definition

Phenotypic Markers

 Phenotypes for which the variation observed in the population of interest is entirely explained by a single "mendelian" factor

 Examples:

The seven phenotypes utilized by Mendel (1 )
The Polled / Horned phenotype in cattle
Coat color variation
  …

 Blood Groups
 Biochemical Polymorphisms
 RFLPs
 Minisatellites or VNTR Markers
 Microsatellites or SSR Markers
 SNPs

 Map Construction

QTL Mapping in Outbred Half-Sib Pedigrees

References