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Family-based QTL mapping
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<p><a href="/facts/Quantitative_trait_loci/ztEdNEJg">Quantitative trait loci</a> mapping or <a href="/facts/QTL_mapping/ztEdNEJg">QTL mapping</a> is the process of identifying genomic regions that potentially contain <a href="/facts/Genes/e1swwPY6">genes</a> responsible for important economic, health or environmental characters. Mapping QTLs is an important activity that plant breeders and <a href="/facts/Geneticist/cCvzvuKU">geneticists</a> routinely use to associate potential causal genes with <a href="/facts/Phenotype/vxWXKGLj">phenotypes</a> of interest. Family-based QTL mapping is a variant of QTL mapping where multiple-families are used. </p>