vern                   package:bim                   R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Contains genotypes and phenotypes for 8-week vernalization study
     used in Satagopan et al. (1996).

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(vern)
     data(verngeo.bim)
     data(vernpois.bim)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     See 'read.cross' for format of 'vern'. 'verngeo.bim' and
     'vernpois.bim' created by setting 'prior.nqtl' to '"geometric"'
     and '"poisson"', respectively.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Thomas C. Osborn (<URL: mailto:tcosborn@facstaff.wisc.edu>),
     Department of Agronomy, UW-Madison.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     *  <URL: http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~yandell/qtl/data/osborn/Bnapus>

     *  Ferreira ME, Satagopan J, Yandell BS, Williams PH, Osborn TC
        (1995) Mapping loci controlling vernalization requirement and
        flowering time in Brassica napus. Theor Appl Genet 90: 727-732.
        [original source and analysis]

     *  Kole C, Thorman CE, Karlsson BH, Palta JP, Gaffney P, Yandell
        BS, Osborn TC (2001) Comparative mapping of loci controlling
        winter survival and related traits in oilseed Brassica rapa and
        B. napus. Molecular Breeding 1: 329-339. [refined map and
        reanalysis]

     *  JM Satagopan, BS Yandell, MA Newton and TC Osborn (1996) Markov
        chain Monte Carlo approach to detect polygene loci for complex
        traits. Genetics 144: 805-816. <URL:
        http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/abstract/144/2/805> [first
        MCMC for experimental crosses; analysis of B. napus N2=LG9; see
        'vern' data]

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'read.cross', 'plot.bim', 'run.bmapqtl', 'bmapqtl.options'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(vern)
     data(verngeo.bim)
     data(vernpois.bim)
     ## or use run.bmapqtl to create bim objects:
     ## Not run: 
     bmapqtl.options(prior.nqtl="geometric")
     verngeo.bim = run.bmapqtl(vern)
     bmapqtl.options(prior.nqtl="poisson")
     vernpois.bim = run.bmapqtl(vern)
     ## End(Not run)

