TABLE 1

The locations and the phenotypic (additive genetic) effects of the simulated QTLs

Chromosome	Left marker	θ_L	distance_L	θ_Rsub>	Additive effect
1	2	0.0398	0.0415	0.0553	0.9337
1	7	0.0216	0.0221	0.0721	−0.0796
2	0	0.0720	0.0777	0.0218	1.1358
2	3	0.0791	0.0861	0.0137	0.0727
2	6	0.0164	0.0167	0.0767	−0.4984
3	1	0.0413	0.0431	0.0538	0.2444

The left column refers to the chromosome in which the considered QTL is. The next column refers to the nearest left flanking marker of the QTL in the chromosome. θ_L (θ_R) is the recombination fraction between the QTL position and the left (right) flanking marker. distance_L gives the distance (in Morgans) between the left flanking marker and the QTL position, converted from θ_L by using Haldane's map function.