Quantitative trait locus Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Quantitative trait locus.

  • 3 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

1,220 words, approx. 5 pages
Quantitative Traits Quantitative traits are those that vary continuously. This is in contrast to qualitative traits, in which the phenotype is discrete and can take on one of only a few different valu... Read more
380 words, approx. 2 pages
Quantitative Trait Loci Quantitative traits are characteristics such as plant height or seed size, which can vary over a large range of possible values. The chromosomal regions controlling variation i... Read more
504 words, approx. 2 pages
Multifactorial Transmission Diseases and health traits that involve multiple genes and complex patterns of inheritance are generally described as exhibiting multifactorial transmission. The term multi... Read more